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At its 1st plenary meeting, on 13 September 2016, the General Assembly, in accordance with rule 28 of its rules of procedure, appointed a Credentials Committee for its seventy-first session consisting of the following Member States: CAMEROON, CHINA, MALAWI, NETHERLANDS, PARAGUAY, REPUBLIC OF KOREA, RUSSIAN FEDERATION, SAINT LUCIA and UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. (See A/71/PV.1)

On 29 September 2016, the Fifth Committee of the General Assembly held a meeting in accordance with rules 99 (a) and 103 of the rules of procedure of the Assembly for the purpose of electing its Chair. At the 23rd plenary meeting of the General Assembly, on 3 October 2016, the President of the Assembly announced that Ms. Inga Rhonda KING of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines had been elected as Chair of the Fifth Committee of the Assembly at its seventy-first session. (See A/71/PV.23, with reference to decision 70/423 entitled "Election of the Chairs of the Main Committees of the General Assembly at its seventy-first session".)

At its 36th plenary meeting, on 28 October 2016, the General Assembly, pursuant to its resolutions 60/251 of 15 March 2006 and 65/281 of 17 June 2011, elected BRAZIL, CHINA, CROATIA, CUBA, EGYPT, HUNGARY, IRAQ, JAPAN, RWANDA, SAUDI ARABIA, SOUTH AFRICA, TUNISIA, the UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND and the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA as members of the Human Rights Council for a three-year term of office beginning on 1 January 2017 to fill the vacancies occurring on the expiration of the terms of office of ALGERIA, CHINA, CUBA, FRANCE, MALDIVES, MEXICO, MOROCCO, NAMIBIA, the RUSSIAN FEDERATION, SAUDI ARABIA, SOUTH AFRICA, THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA, the UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND and VIET NAM. As a result, as of 1 January 2017, the Human Rights Council is composed of the following 47 Member States: ALBANIA,* BANGLADESH,* BELGIUM,** BOLIVIA (PLURINATIONAL STATE OF),* BOTSWANA,* BRAZIL,*** BURUNDI,** CHINA,*** CONGO,* CÔTE D’IVOIRE,** CROATIA,*** CUBA,*** ECUADOR,** EGYPT,*** EL SALVADOR,* ETHIOPIA,** GEORGIA,** GERMANY,** GHANA,* HUNGARY,*** INDIA,* INDONESIA,* IRAQ,*** JAPAN,*** KENYA,** KYRGYZSTAN,** LATVIA,* MONGOLIA,** NETHERLANDS,* NIGERIA,* PANAMA,** PARAGUAY,* PHILIPPINES,** PORTUGAL,* QATAR,* REPUBLIC OF KOREA,** RWANDA,*** SAUDI ARABIA,*** SLOVENIA,** SOUTH AFRICA,*** SWITZERLAND,** TOGO,** TUNISIA,*** UNITED ARAB EMIRATES,** UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND,*** UNITED STATES OF AMERICA*** and VENEZUELA (BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF).** __________________ * Term of office expires on 31 December 2017. ** Term of office expires on 31 December 2018. *** Term of office expires on 31 December 2019. (See A/71/PV.36)

At its 40th plenary meeting, on 3 November 2016, the General Assembly, in accordance with its resolution 174 (II) of 21 November 1947 and the provisions of the statute of the International Law Commission annexed to that resolution, as amended by Assembly resolutions 1103 (XI) of 18 December 1956, 1647 (XVI) of 6 November 1961 and 36/39 of 18 November 1981, elected the following 34 persons as members of the Commission for a five-year term of office beginning on 1 January 2017: Mr. Ali Mohsen Fetais AL-MARRI (Qatar) Mr. Carlos J. ARGÜELLO GÓMEZ (Nicaragua) Mr. Bogdan AURESCU (Romania) Mr. Yacouba CISSE (Côte d’Ivoire) Ms. Concepción ESCOBAR HERNÁNDEZ (Spain) Ms. Patrícia GALVÃO TELES (Portugal) Mr. Juan Manuel GÓMEZ-ROBLEDO (Mexico) Mr. Claudio GROSSMAN GUILOFF (Chile) Mr. Hussein A. HASSOUNA (Egypt) Mr. Mahmoud D. HMOUD (Jordan) Mr. HUANG Huikang (China) Mr. Charles C. JALLOH (Sierra Leone) Mr. Roman KOLODKIN (Russian Federation) Mr. Ahmed LARABA (Algeria) Ms. Marja LEHTO (Finland) Mr. Shinya MURASE (Japan) Mr. Sean D. MURPHY (United States of America) Mr. Hong Thao NGUYEN (Viet Nam) Mr. Georg NOLTE (Germany) Ms. Nilüfer ORAL (Turkey) Mr. Hassan OUAZZANI CHAHDI (Morocco) Mr. Ki Gab PARK (Republic of Korea) Mr. Chris Maina PETER (United Republic of Tanzania) Mr. Ernest PETRI (Slovenia) Mr. Aniruddha RAJPUT (India) Mr. August REINISCH (Austria) Mr. Juan José RUDA SANTOLARIA (Peru) Mr. Gilberto Vergne SABOIA (Brazil) Mr. Pavel ŠTURMA (Czechia) Mr. Dire D. TLADI (South Africa) Mr. Eduardo VALENCIA-OSPINA (Colombia) Mr. Marcelo VÁZQUEZ-BERMÚDEZ (Ecuador) Mr. Amos S. WAKO (Kenya) Mr. Michael WOOD (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) (See A/71/437 and Corr.1, A/71/PV.40)

A At its 45th plenary meeting, on 10 November 2016, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Fifth Committee, appointed the following persons as members of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions for a three-year term of office beginning on 1 January 2017: Mr. Takeshi Akamatsu, Mr. Marcel Jullier, Mr. Mahesh Kumar, Mr. Carlos Ruiz Massieu, Ms. Catherine Vendat and Mr. Ye Xuenong. As a result, as of 1 January 2017, the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions is composed as follows: Mr. Takeshi AKAMATSU (Japan),*** Mr. Pavel CHERNIKOV (Russian Federation),* Mr. Fernando DE OLIVEIRA SENA (Brazil),* Mr. Ihor HUMENNYI (Ukraine),** Mr. Conrod HUNTE (Antigua and Barbuda),** Mr. Marcel JULLIER (Switzerland),*** Mr. Mahesh KUMAR (India),*** Mr. Ali A. Ali KURER (Libya),* Mr. Dietrich LINGENTHAL (Germany),* Mr. Eihab OMAISH (Jordan),** Mr. Carlos RUIZ MASSIEU (Mexico),*** Mr. Babou SENE (Senegal),** Mr. Tesfa Alem SEYOUM (Eritrea),** Mr. David TRAYSTMAN (United States of America),* Ms. Catherine VENDAT (France)*** and Mr. YE Xuenong (China).*** __________________ * Term of office expires on 31 December 2017. ** Term of office expires on 31 December 2018. *** Term of office expires on 31 December 2019. (See A/71/589, para. 8, A/71/PV.45) B At its 70th plenary meeting, on 8 March 2017, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Fifth Committee, appointed Mr. Mutaz Hyassat as a member of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions for a term of office beginning on 8 March 2017 and ending on 31 December 2018, as a result of the resignation of Mr. Eihab Omaish. At its 81st plenary meeting, on 11 May 2017, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Fifth Committee, appointed Mr. Olivier Myard as a member of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions for a term of office beginning on 11 May 2017 and ending on 31 December 2019, as a result of the resignation of Ms. Catherine Vendat. As a result, as of 11 May 2017, the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions is composed as follows: Mr. Takeshi AKAMATSU (Japan),*** Mr. Pavel CHERNIKOV (Russian Federation),* Mr. Fernando DE OLIVEIRA SENA (Brazil),* Mr. Ihor HUMENNYI (Ukraine),** Mr. Conrod HUNTE (Antigua and Barbuda),** Mr Mutaz HYASSAT (Jordan),** Mr. Marcel JULLIER (Switzerland),*** Mr. Mahesh KUMAR (India),*** Mr. Ali A. Ali KURER (Libya),* Mr. Dietrich LINGENTHAL (Germany),* Mr. Carlos RUIZ MASSIEU (Mexico),*** Mr. Olivier MYARD (France),*** Mr. Babou SENE (Senegal),** Mr. Tesfa Alem SEYOUM (Eritrea),** Mr. David TRAYSTMAN (United States of America)* and Mr. YE Xuenong (China).*** __________________ * Term of office expires on 31 December 2017. ** Term of office expires on 31 December 2018. *** Term of office expires on 31 December 2019. (See A/71/589/Add.1, para. 3, A/71/PV.70, A/71/589/Add.2, para 3; A/71/PV.81)

A At its 45th plenary meeting, on 10 November 2016, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Fifth Committee, appointed the following persons as members of the Committee on Contributions for a three-year term of office beginning on 1 January 2017: Mr. Cheikh Tidiane Dème, Mr. Gordon Eckersley, Mr. Bernardo Greiver del Hoyo, Mr. Ugo Sessi and Mr. Alejandro Torres Lépori. At its 68th plenary meeting, on 23rd December 2016, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Fifth Committee, appointed Mr. Baudelaire Ndong Ella as a member of the Committee on Contributions for a three-year term of office beginning on 1 January 2017. As a result, as of 1 January 2017, the Committee on Contributions is composed as follows: Mr. Syed Yawar ALI (Pakistan),** Mr. Cheikh Tidiane DÈME (Senegal),*** Ms. Jasminka DINI (Croatia),** Mr. Gordon ECKERSLEY (Australia),*** Mr. Edward FARIS (United States of America),** Mr. FU Daopeng (China),* Mr. Bernardo GREIVER DEL HOYO (Uruguay),*** Mr. Simon HOUGH (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland),* Mr. Nikolay LOZINSKIY (Russian Federation),* Mr. Baudelaire NDONG ELLA (Gabon),*** Mr. Toshiro OZAWA (Japan),** Mr. Tõnis SAAR (Estonia),** Mr. Henrique da Silveira SARDINHA PINTO (Brazil),* Mr. Thomas SCHLESINGER (Austria),* Mr. Ugo SESSI (Italy),*** Mr. Josiel Motumisi TAWANA (South Africa),** Mr. Alejandro TORRES LÉPORI (Argentina)*** and Ms. YOON Seongmee (Republic of Korea).* __________________ * Term of office expires on 31 December 2017. ** Term of office expires on 31 December 2018. *** Term of office expires on 31 December 2019. (See A/71/590, para. 4, A/71/PV.45; A/71/590/Add.1, para 3, A/71/PV.68) B At its 81st plenary meeting, on 11 May 2017, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Fifth Committee, appointed Ms. Zhang Wei as a member of the Committee on Contributions for a term of office beginning on 11 May 2017 and ending on 31 December 2017, as a result of the resignation of Mr. Fu Daopeng. At its 84th plenary meeting, on 1 June 2017, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Fifth Committee, appointed Mr. Steve Townley as a member of the Committee on Contributions for a term of office beginning on 1 June 2017 and ending on 31 December 2017, as a result of the resignation of Mr. Simon Hough. As a result, as of 1 June 2017, the Committee on Contributions is composed as follows: Mr. Syed Yawar ALI (Pakistan),** Mr. Cheikh Tidiane DÈME (Senegal),*** Ms. Jasminka DINI (Croatia),** Mr. Gordon ECKERSLEY (Australia),*** Mr. Edward FARIS (United States of America),** Mr. Bernardo GREIVER DEL HOYO (Uruguay),*** Mr. Nikolay LOZINSKIY (Russian Federation),* Mr. Baudelaire NDONG ELLA (Gabon),*** Mr. Toshiro OZAWA (Japan),** Mr. Tõnis SAAR (Estonia),** Mr. Henrique da Silveira SARDINHA PINTO (Brazil),* Mr. Thomas SCHLESINGER (Austria),* Mr. Ugo SESSI (Italy),*** Mr. Josiel Motumisi TAWANA (South Africa),** Alejandro TORRES LÉPORI (Argentina),*** Mr. Steve TOWNLEY (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland),* Ms. YOON Seongmee (Republic of Korea)* and Ms. ZHANG Wei (China).* ___________________ * Term of office expires on 31 December 2017. ** Term of office expires on 31 December 2018. *** Term of office expires on 31 December 2019. (See A/71/590/Add.2, para. 3; A/71/590/Add.3, para. 3 A/71/PV.81 and 84)

At its 45th plenary meeting, on 10 November 2016, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Fifth Committee, confirmed the appointment by the Secretary-General of Mr. Masakazu Arikawa, Mr. Madhav Dhar, Mr. Simon Jiang, Mr. Achim Kassow, Mr. Nemir Kirdar, Mr. Michael Klein, Ms. Linah K. Mohohlo, Mr. Gumersindo Oliveros and Ms. Luciane Ribeiro as regular members of the Investments Committee for a three-year term of office beginning on 1 January 2017. As a result, as of 1 January 2017, the Investments Committee is composed as follows: Mr. Masakazu ARIKAWA (Japan),* Mr. Madhav DHAR (India),* Mr. Simon JIANG (China),* Mr. Achim KASSOW (Germany),* Mr. Nemir KIRDAR (Iraq),* Mr. Michael KLEIN (United States of America),* Ms. Linah K. MOHOHLO (Botswana),* Mr. Gumersindo OLIVEROS (Spain)* and Ms. Luciane RIBEIRO (Brazil).* __________________ * Term of office expires on 31 December 2019. (See A/71/591, para. 4, A/71/PV.45)

A At its 45th plenary meeting, on 10 November 2016, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Fifth Committee, appointed Mr. Larbi Djacta, Mr. Mohammed Farashuddin, Mr. Sergey Garmonin, Mr. Wang Xiaochu and Mr. El Hassane Zahid as members of the International Civil Service Commission for a four-year term of office beginning on 1 January 2017. As a result, as of 1 January 2017, the International Civil Service Commission is composed as follows: Mr. Kingston Papie RHODES (Sierra Leone),** Chair, Mr. Wolfgang STÖCKL (Germany),* Vice-Chair, Ms. Marie-Françoise BECHTEL (France),** Mr. Emmanuel Oti BOATENG (Ghana),** Mr. Larbi DJACTA (Algeria),*** Mr. Minoru ENDO (Japan),* Mr. Mohammed FARASHUDDIN (Bangladesh),*** Ms. Carleen GARDNER (Jamaica),** Mr. Sergei GARMONIN (Russian Federation),*** Mr. Luis Mariano HERMOSILLO SOSA (Mexico),* Mr. Aldo MANTOVANI (Italy),* Mr. Curtis SMITH (United States of America),* Mr. WANG Xiaochu (China),*** Mr. Eugeniusz WYZNER (Poland)** and Mr. El Hassane ZAHID (Morocco).*** __________________ * Term of office expires on 31 December 2017. ** Term of office expires on 31 December 2018. *** Term of office expires on 31 December 2020. (See A/71/592, para.4, A/71/PV.45) B At its 81st plenary meeting, on 11 May 2017, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Fifth Committee, appointed Mr. Vladimir A. Storozhev, as a member of the International Civil Service Commission for a term of office beginning on 11 May 2017 and ending on 31 December 2020, as a result of the resignation of Mr. Sergey V. Garmonin. As a result, as of 1 January 2017, the International Civil Service Commission is composed as follows: Mr. Kingston Papie RHODES (Sierra Leone),** Chair; Mr. Wolfgang STÖCKL (Germany),* Vice-Chair; Ms. Marie-Françoise BECHTEL (France),** Mr. Emmanuel Oti BOATENG (Ghana),** Mr. Larbi DJACTA (Algeria),*** Mr. Minoru ENDO (Japan),* Mr. Mohammed FARASHUDDIN (Bangladesh),*** Ms. Carleen GARDNER (Jamaica),** Luis Mariano HERMOSILLO SOSA (Mexico)*, Mr. Aldo MANTOVANI (Italy)*, Mr. Curtis SMITH (United States of America),* Mr. Vladimir A. STOROZHEV (Russian Federation),*** Mr. WANG Xiaochu (China),*** Mr. Eugeniusz WYZNER (Poland)** and Mr. El Hassane ZAHID (Morocco).*** ___________________ * Term of office expires on 31 December 2017. ** Term of office expires on 31 December 2018. *** Term of office expires on 31 December 2020. (See A/71/592/Add.1, para. 3., para.4, A/71/PV.81)

At its 45th plenary meeting, on 10 November 2016, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Fifth Committee, reappointed Ms. Patricia X. Arriagada Villouta and Ms. Natalia Bocharova as members of the Independent Audit Advisory Committee for a three-year term of office beginning on 1 January 2017. At its 48th plenary meeting, on 21 November 2016, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Fifth Committee, reappointed Ms. Maria Gracia Pulido Tan as a member of the Independent Audit Advisory Committee for a three-year term of office beginning on 1 January 2017. As a result, as of 1 January 2017, the Independent Audit Advisory Committee is composed as follows: Ms. Natalia BOCHAROVA (Russian Federation),** Mr. J. Christopher MIHM (United States of America),* Mr. Richard Quartei QUARTEY (Ghana),* Ms. Maria Gracia Pulido TAN (Philippines)** and Ms. Patricia X. Arriagada VILLOUTA (Chile).** __________________ * Term of office expires on 31 December 2017. ** Term of office expires on 31 December 2019. (See A/71/593, para.4, A/71/PV.45; A/71/593/Add.1, para.3, A/71/PV.48)

At its 45th plenary meeting, on 10 November 2016, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Fifth Committee, appointed Mr. Dmitry S. Chumakov, Mr. Hitoshi Kozaki, Mr. Lovemore Mazemo, Mr. Philip Richard Okanda Owade, Ms. Pía Poroli, Mr. Md. Mustafizur Rahman, Mr. Thomas A. Repasch and. Mr. Jörg Stosberg as members or alternate members of the United Nations Staff Pension Committee for a four-year term of office beginning on 1 January 2017. As a result, the United Nations Staff Pension Committee is composed as follows: Mr. Dmitry S. CHUMAKOV (Russian Federation), Mr. Hitoshi KOZAKI (Japan), Mr. Lovemore MAZEMO (Zimbabwe), Mr. Philip Richard Okanda OWADE (Kenya), Ms. Pía POROLI (Argentina), Mr. Md. Mustafizur RAHMAN (Bangladesh), Mr. Thomas REPASCH (United States of America) and Mr. Jörg STOSBERG (Germany). (See A/71/594, para.4, A/71/PV.45)

A At its 45th plenary meeting, on 10 November 2016, the General Assembly, in accordance with paragraph 2 of its resolution 43/222 B of 21 December 1988, took note of the appointment by its President, after consultations with the Chairs of the regional groups concerned, of AUSTRIA, JAMAICA, JAPAN, KENYA, MOROCCO and the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA as members of the Committee on Conferences for a three-year term of office beginning on 1 January 2017. As a result, as of 1 January 2017, the Committee on Conferences is composed of the following 18 Member States: AUSTRIA,*** BAHRAIN,* CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC,* FRANCE,* GERMANY,** GHANA,** HUNGARY,** IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF),** JAMAICA,*** JAPAN,*** KENYA,*** LIBERIA,** MOROCCO,*** NAMIBIA,* PARAGUAY,* RUSSIAN FEDERATION,* SRI LANKA* and UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.*** __________________ * Term of office expires on 31 December 2017. ** Term of office expires on 31 December 2018. *** Term of office expires on 31 December 2019. (See A/71/107, A/71/PV.45) B At its 69th plenary meeting, on 2 February 2017, the General Assembly, in accordance with paragraph 2 of its resolution 43/222 B of 21 December 1988, took note of the appointment by its President, after consultations with the Chair of the regional group concerned, of GUYANA as a member of the Committee on Conferences for a term of office beginning on 2 February 2017 and ending on 31 December 2018. As a result, as of 2 February 2017, the Committee on Conferences is composed of the following 19 Member States: AUSTRIA,*** BAHRAIN,* CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC,* FRANCE,* GERMANY,** GHANA,** GUYANA,** HUNGARY,** IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF),** JAMAICA,*** JAPAN,*** KENYA,*** LIBERIA,** MOROCCO,*** NAMIBIA,* PARAGUAY,* RUSSIAN FEDERATION,* SRI LANKA* and UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.*** __________________ * Term of office expires on 31 December 2017. ** Term of office expires on 31 December 2018. *** Term of office expires on 31 December 2019. (See A/71/107, A/71/PV.69)

A At its 45th plenary meeting, on 10 November 2016, the General Assembly, in accordance with rule 140 of the rules of procedure of the Assembly, elected TURKEY and SPAIN as members of the Economic and Social Council for the remainder of the terms of office of GREECE and PORTUGAL, respectively, beginning on 1 January 2017. As a result, as of 1 January 2017, the Economic and Social Council is composed of the following 54 Member States: AFGHANISTAN,** ALGERIA,** ANDORRA,*** ARGENTINA,* AUSTRALIA,** AZERBAIJAN,*** BELGIUM,** BENIN,*** BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA,*** BRAZIL,* BURKINA FASO,* CAMEROON,*** CHAD,*** CHILE,** CHINA,*** COLOMBIA,*** CZECHIA,** ESTONIA,* FRANCE,* GERMANY,* GHANA,* GUYANA,** HONDURAS,* INDIA,* IRAQ,** IRELAND,* ITALY,** JAPAN,* LEBANON,** MAURITANIA,* NIGERIA,** NORWAY,*** PAKISTAN,* PERU,** REPUBLIC OF KOREA,*** REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA,** RUSSIAN FEDERATION,*** RWANDA,** SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES,*** SOMALIA,** SOUTH AFRICA,** SPAIN,* SWAZILAND,*** SWEDEN,*** TAJIKISTAN,*** TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO,* TURKEY,* UGANDA,* UNITED ARAB EMIRATES,*** UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND,*** UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,** VENEZUELA (BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF),*** VIET NAM** and ZIMBABWE.* __________________ * Term of office expires on 31 December 2017. ** Term of office expires on 31 December 2018. *** Term of office expires on 31 December 2019. (See A/71/604, A/71/PV.45) B At its 87th plenary meeting, on 15 June 2017, the General Assembly, in accordance with rule 140 of the rules of procedure of the Assembly, elected CANADA, DENMARK and ROMANIA as members of the Economic and Social Council for the remainder of the terms of office of AUSTRALIA, SWEDEN and BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA, respectively, beginning on 1 January 2018. At the same meeting, the General Assembly, in accordance with Article 61 of the Charter of the United Nations and rule 145 of the rules of procedure of the Assembly and paragraph 17 of Assembly resolution 68/307 of 10 September 2014, elected BELARUS, ECUADOR, EL SALVADOR, FRANCE, GERMANY, GHANA, INDIA, IRELAND, JAPAN, MALAWI, MEXICO, MOROCCO, PHILIPPINES, SPAIN, THE SUDAN, TOGO, TURKEY AND URUGUAY as members of the Economic and Social Council for a three-year term of office beginning on 1 January 2018 to fill the vacancies occurring on the expiration of the terms of office of ARGENTINA, BRAZIL, BURKINA FASO, ESTONIA, FRANCE, GERMANY, GHANA, HONDURAS, INDIA, IRELAND, JAPAN, MAURITANIA, PAKISTAN, SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, TURKEY, UGANDA, and ZIMBABWE. As a result, as of 1 January 2018, the Economic and Social Council is composed of the following 54 Member States: AFGHANISTAN,* ALGERIA,* ANDORRA,** AZERBAIJAN,** BELARUS,*** BELGIUM,* BENIN,** CAMEROON,** CANADA,* CHAD,** CHILE,* CHINA,** COLOMBIA,** CZECHIA,* DENMARK,** ECUADOR,*** EL SALVADOR,*** FRANCE,*** GERMANY,*** GHANA,*** GUYANA,* INDIA,*** IRAQ,* IRELAND,*** ITALY,* JAPAN,*** LEBANON,* MALAWI,*** MEXICO,*** MOROCCO,*** NIGERIA,* NORWAY,** PERU,* PHILIPPINES,*** REPUBLIC OF KOREA,** REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA,* ROMANIA,** RUSSIAN FEDERATION,** RWANDA,* SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES,** SOMALIA,* SOUTH AFRICA,* SPAIN,*** SUDAN,*** SWAZILAND,** TAJIKISTAN,** TOGO,*** TURKEY,*** UNITED ARAB EMIRATES,** UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND,** UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,* URUGUAY,*** VENEZUELA (BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF)** and VIET NAM.* ___________________ * Term of office expires on 31 December 2018. ** Term of office expires on 31 December 2019. *** Term of office expires on 31 December 2020. (See A/71/923 and A/71/924, A/71/PV.87)

A At its 48th plenary meeting, on 21 November 2016, the General Assembly, pursuant to article 3, paragraph 2, of the statute of the Joint Inspection Unit, contained in the annex to resolution 31/192 of 22 December 1976, appointed Ms. Eileen Cronin as a member of the Joint Inspection Unit for a five-year term of office beginning on 1 January 2017 and expiring on 31 December 2021, to fill the vacancy occurring as a result of the resignation of Mr. George Bartsiotas. As a result, as of 1 January 2017, the Joint Inspection Unit is composed as follows: Ms. Aicha AFIFI (Morocco),*** Mr. Jean Wesley CAZEAU (Haiti),* Ms. Eileen CRONIN (United States of America),**** Mr. Petru DUMITRIU (Romania),*** Mr. Jorge FLORES CALLEJAS (Honduras),**** Mr. A. GOPINATHAN (India),* Mr. Jeremiah KRAMER (Canada),*** Ms. Sukai PROM-JACKSON (Gambia),* Ms. Gönke ROSCHER (Germany),*** Mr. Rajab SUKAYRI (Jordan)** and Mr. Gennady TARASOV (Russian Federation).* __________________ * Term of office expires on 31 December 2017. ** Term of office expires on 31 December 2019. *** Term of office expires on 31 December 2020. **** Term of office expires on 31 December 2021. (See A/71/596; A/71/PV.48) B At its 69th plenary meeting, on 2 February 2017, the General Assembly, pursuant to article 3, paragraph 2, of the statute of the Joint Inspection Unit, contained in the annex to resolution 31/192 of 22 December 1976, appointed Ms. Sukai Elie Prom-Jackson, Mr. Jean Wesley Cazeau, Mr. Gopinathan Achamkulangare and Mr. Nikolay Lozinskiy as members of the Joint Inspection Unit for a five-year term of office beginning on 1 January 2018 and expiring on 31 December 2022, to fill the vacancy occurring as a result of the expiration of the terms of office of Mr. Gopinathan Achamkulangare, Mr. Gennady Tarasov, Mr. Jean Wesley Cazeau and Ms. Sukai Elie Prom-Jackson. As a result, as of 1 January 2018, the Joint Inspection Unit is composed as follows: Ms. Aicha AFIFI (Morocco),** Mr. Jean Wesley CAZEAU (Haiti),**** Ms. Eileen CRONIN (United States of America),*** Mr. Petru DUMITRIU (Romania),** Mr. Jorge FLORES CALLEJAS (Honduras),*** Mr. A. GOPINATHAN Achamkulangare (India),**** Mr. Jeremiah KRAMER (Canada),** Mr. Nikolay LOZINSKIY (Russian Federation),**** Ms. Sukai Elie PROM-JACKSON (Gambia),**** Ms. Gönke ROSCHER (Germany),** and Mr. Rajab SUKAYRI (Jordan).* __________________ * Term of office expires on 31 December 2019. ** Term of office expires on 31 December 2020. *** Term of office expires on 31 December 2021. **** Term of office expires on 31 December 2022. (See A/71/752, A/71/PV.69)

At its 61st plenary meeting, on 12 December 2016, the General Assembly, on the basis of nominations by the Economic and Social Council and in accordance with the annex to Council resolution 2008 (LX) of 14 May 1976, paragraph 1 of Council resolution 1987/94 of 4 December 1987, as well as Assembly decision 42/450 of 17 December 1987, elected, BANGLADESH, CHINA, EGYPT, ERITREA, HAITI, the REPUBLIC OF KOREA and SENEGAL as members of the Committee for Programme and Coordination for a three-year term of office beginning on 1 January 2017 to fill the vacancies occurring on the expiration of the terms of office of BENIN, CHINA, ETHIOPIA, HAITI, JAPAN, MOROCCO and the REPUBLIC OF KOREA. As a result, as of 1 January 2017, the Committee for Programme and Coordination is composed of the following 32 Member States: ARGENTINA,** ARMENIA,* BANGLADESH,*** BELARUS,* BRAZIL,* BURKINA FASO,* CAMEROON,* CHINA,*** CUBA,* EQUATORIAL GUINEA,* EGYPT,*** ERITREA,*** FRANCE,** HAITI,*** IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF),* IRAQ,* ITALY,* NAMIBIA,* PAKISTAN,* PERU,** PORTUGAL,* REPUBLIC OF KOREA,*** RUSSIAN FEDERATION,** SAUDI ARABIA,* SENEGAL,*** UKRAINE,* UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND,* UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA,** UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,* URUGUAY,* VENEZUELA (BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF)* and ZIMBABWE.** __________________ * Term of office expires on 31 December 2017. ** Term of office expires on 31 December 2018. (See A/71/641, A/71/PV.61)

At its 63rd plenary meeting, on 15 December 2016, the General Assembly, pursuant to its resolutions 60/180 of 20 December 2005 and 63/145 of 18 December 2008, elected COLOMBIA, EGYPT, INDONESIA, KENYA and MEXICO as members of the Organizational Committee of the Peacebuilding Commission for a two-year term of office beginning on 1 January 2017 to fill the vacancies occurring on the expiration of the terms of office of COLOMBIA, EGYPT, KENYA, MALAYSIA and MOROCCO. Pursuant to paragraphs 4 (a) to (d) of resolution 60/180, 23 States have already been elected and/or selected as members of the Organizational Committee of the Peacebuilding Commission: CHINA, FRANCE, RUSSIAN FEDERATION, SENEGAL, UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and URUGUAY selected by the Security Council; ARGENTINA, BELGIUM, ESTONIA, NIGERIA, REPUBLIC OF KOREA and SOUTH AFRICA elected by the Economic and Social Council; BRAZIL, CANADA, GERMANY, JAPAN, and NORWAY selected by and from among the top 10 providers of assessed contributions to United Nations budgets and of voluntary contributions to United Nations funds, programmes and agencies, including a standing peacebuilding fund; and BANGLADESH, ETHIOPIA, INDIA, PAKISTAN and RWANDA selected by and from among the top 10 providers of military personnel and civilian police to United Nations missions. As a result, on 1 January 2017, the Organizational Committee of the Peacebuilding Commission is composed of the following 30 Member States: ARGENTINA,** BANGLADESH,*** BELGIUM,*** BRAZIL,*** CANADA,*** CHINA,* COLOMBIA,*** EGYPT,*** EL SALVADOR,** ESTONIA,** ETHIOPIA,*** FRANCE,* GERMANY,*** INDIA,*** INDONESIA,*** JAPAN,*** KENYA,*** MEXICO,*** MONTENEGRO,** NIGERIA,*** NORWAY,*** PAKISTAN,*** REPUBLIC OF KOREA,*** RUSSIAN FEDERATION,* RWANDA,*** SENEGAL,** SOUTH AFRICA,*** UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND,* UNITED STATES OF AMERICA* and URUGUAY.** __________________ * Permanent members of the Security Council. ** Term of office expires on 31 December 2017. *** Term of office expires on 31 December 2018. (See A/71/PV.63) B (See Economic and Social Council decision 2017/201 B.) On 19 April 2017, the Economic and Social Council elected SWEDEN as a member of the Organizational Committee of the Peacebuilding Commission pursuant to paragraphs 4 (a) to (d) of resolution 60/180 of 20 December 2005. As a result, on 19 April 2017, the Organizational Committee of the Peacebuilding Commission is composed of the following 31 Member States: ARGENTINA,** BANGLADESH,*** BELGIUM,*** BRAZIL,*** CANADA,*** CHINA,* COLOMBIA,*** EGYPT,*** EL SALVADOR,** ESTONIA,** ETHIOPIA,*** FRANCE,* GERMANY,*** INDIA,*** INDONESIA,*** JAPAN,*** KENYA,*** MEXICO,*** MONTENEGRO,** NIGERIA,*** NORWAY,*** PAKISTAN,*** REPUBLIC OF KOREA,*** RUSSIAN FEDERATION,* RWANDA,*** SENEGAL,** SOUTH AFRICA,*** SWEDEN,*** UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND,* UNITED STATES OF AMERICA* and URUGUAY.** __________________ * Permanent members of the Security Council. ** Term of office expires on 31 December 2017. *** Term of office expires on 31 December 2018.

At its 68th plenary meeting, on 23 December 2016, the General Assembly, having considered the letter from the Secretary-General to the President of the Assembly, dated 11 November 2016, transmitting a letter dated 4 November 2016 from the President of the International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991, and taking note of the letter from the President of the Security Council, dated 19 December 2016, drawing the attention of the President of the Assembly to the text of Council resolution 2329 (2016) of 19 December 2016: (a) Reiterated its request to the International Tribunal to complete its work and facilitate the closure of the Tribunal as expeditiously as possible with the aim of completing the transition to the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (the Mechanism) and, in the light of Security Council resolution 1966 (2010) of 22 December 2010, to redouble its efforts to review its projected case completion dates, with a view to shortening them as appropriate, and to prevent any additional delays; (b) Took note of the commitment of the International Tribunal to complete its judicial work no later than 30 November 2017; (c) Also took note of the request of the President of the International Tribunal for a final extension of the terms of office of the permanent judges of the Tribunal, until 30 November 2017 or until the completion of the cases to which they were or would be assigned, if sooner, and strongly emphasized that the following extensions and reappointment should be final; (d) Decided, under that condition: (i) To extend the terms of office of the following permanent judges at the International Tribunal, who were members of the Trial Chambers and the Appeals Chamber, until 30 November 2017 or until the completion of the cases to which they were or would be assigned, if sooner: Mr. Carmel A. AGIUS (Malta) Mr. LIU Daqun (China) Mr. Christoph FLÜGGE (Germany) Mr. Theodor MERON (United States of America) Mr. Bakone Melema MOLOTO (South Africa) Mr. Alphonsus Martinus Maria ORIE (Netherlands) Mr. Fausto POCAR (Italy) (ii) To take note of the reappointment of Mr. Serge Brammertz as Prosecutor of the International Tribunal, notwithstanding the provisions of article 16, paragraph 4, of the statute of the Tribunal related to the length of the term of office of the Prosecutor, for a term with effect from 1 January 2017 until 30 November 2017, which was subject to earlier termination by the Security Council upon the completion of the work of the Tribunal; (e) Also decided to extend the term of office of Judge Carmel A. Agius as President of the International Tribunal until 31 December 2017 or until one month after the completion of the cases referred to in paragraph (d) above, if sooner; (f) Underlined that States should cooperate fully with the International Tribunal, as well as with the Mechanism; (g) Commended the Office of Internal Oversight Services of the Secretariat for the evaluation and recommendations made pursuant to Security Council resolution 2256 (2015) of 22 December 2015, issued in the report of the Office on its evaluation of the methods and work of the International Tribunal, and encouraged the Tribunal to continue to report on its implementation in its next six-monthly report to the Council on progress towards implementation of the Tribunal completion strategy, without prejudice to the primacy given to the completion of its work; (h) Welcomed the adoption of the Code of Professional Conduct for the Judges of the International Tribunal, and emphasized the importance of developing a disciplinary mechanism for judges. (See A/71/L.53*, A/71/PV.68)

At its 68th plenary meeting, on 23 December 2016, the General Assembly, pursuant to resolution 71/266 of 23 December 2016, decided to extend the terms of office of Mr. Rowan Downing (Australia), Ms. Alessandra Greceanu (Romania) and Ms. Nkemdilim Amelia Izuako (Nigeria) as ad litem judges for a term beginning on 1 January 2017 and expiring on 31 December 2017. As a result, as of 1 January 2017, the United Nations Dispute Tribunal is composed as follows: Ms. Teresa Maria DA SILVA BRAVO (Portugal, full-time, Geneva),*** Mr. Rowan DOWNING (Australia, ad litem),* Ms. Memooda EBRAHIM-CARSTENS (Botswana, full-time, New York),** Ms. Alessandra GRECEANU (Romania, ad litem),* Mr. Alexander W. HUNTER, Jr. (United States of America, half-time),*** Ms. Nkemdilim Amelia IZUAKO (Nigeria, ad litem),* Ms. Agnieszka KLONOWIECKA-MILART (Poland, full-time, Nairobi)*** and Mr. Goolam Hoosen Kader MEERAN (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, half-time).** __________________ * Term of office expires on 31 December 2017. ** Term of office expires on 30 June 2019. *** Term of office expires on 30 June 2023. (See A/71/PV.68)

At its 76th plenary meeting, on 19 April 2017, the General Assembly confirmed the appointment by the Secretary-General of Mr. Achim STEINER of Germany as Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme for a four-year term of office. Subsequently, the Secretary-General informed the General Assembly that Mr. Achim STEINER’s term of office would be from 17 June 2017 to 16 June 2021. (See A/71/871 and Add.1; A/71/PV.76)

At its 83rd plenary meeting, on 31 May 2017, the General Assembly, in accordance with Article 21 of the Charter of the United Nations, rule 30 of the rules of procedure of the Assembly and paragraph 1 of the annex to resolution 33/138 of 19 December 1978, elected Mr. Miroslav LAJÁK of Slovakia as President of the General Assembly at its seventy-second session. (See A/71/PV.83) * In accordance with rule 38 of the rules of procedure of the General Assembly, the General Committee consists of the President of the Assembly, the 21 Vice-Presidents and the Chairs of the six Main Committees.

At its 83rd plenary meeting, on 31 May 2017, the General Assembly, in accordance with rule 30 of the rules of procedure of the Assembly and paragraphs 2 and 3 of the annex to resolution 33/138 of 19 December 1978, elected by acclamation the following 21 Member States as Vice-Presidents of the General Assembly at its seventy-second session: AFGHANISTAN, BOLIVIA (PLURINATIONAL STATE OF), CHILE, CHINA, FINLAND, FRANCE, GABON, GHANA, GUATEMALA, INDONESIA, ISRAEL, LIBERIA, MADAGASCAR, MOROCCO, THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION, SRI LANKA, THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, VANUATU AND ZIMBABWE. (See A/71/PV.83) *In accordance with rule 38 of the rules of procedure of the General Assembly, the General Committee consists of the President of the Assembly, the 21 Vice-Presidents and the Chairs of the six Main Committees.

On 31 May 2017, the First, Special Political and Decolonization (Fourth), Second, Third, Fifth and Sixth Committees of the General Assembly held meetings in accordance with rules 99 (a) and 103 of the rules of procedure of the Assembly for the purpose of electing their Chairs. At its 84th plenary meeting, on 1 June 2017, the President of the General Assembly announced that the following persons had been elected as Chairs of the First, Special Political and Decolonization (Fourth), Second, Third, Fifth and Sixth Committees of the Assembly at its seventy-second session: First Committee: Mr. Mouayed SALEH (Iraq)** Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee): Mr. Rafael Darío RAMÍREZ CARREÑO (Venezuela (Bolivarian Rep.c of)) Second Committee: Mr. Sven JÜRGENSON (Estonia) Third Committee: Mr. Einar GUNNARSSON (Iceland) Fifth Committee: Mr. Tommo MONTHE (Cameroon) Sixth Committee: Mr. Burhan GAFOOR (Singapore) (See A/71/P.V.84; Mr. Mouayed Saleh was subsequently replaced by Mr. Mohammed Hussein Bahr Aluloom (Iraq) on 28 September 2017) * In accordance with rule 38 of the rules of procedure of the General Assembly, the General Committee consists of the President of the Assembly, the 21 Vice-Presidents and the Chairs of the six Main Committees.

At its 86th plenary meeting, on 2 June 2017, the General Assembly, in accordance with rule 140 of the rules of procedure of the Assembly, elected the NETHERLANDS as a non-permanent member of the Security Council for the remainder of the term of office of ITALY beginning on 1 January 2018. At the same meeting, the General Assembly, in accordance with Article 23 of the Charter of the United Nations, rule 142 of the rules of procedure of the Assembly and paragraph 17 of Assembly resolution 68/307 of 10 September 2014, elected CÔTE D’IVOIRE, EQUATORIAL GUINEA, KUWAIT, PERU and POLAND as non-permanent members of the Security Council for a two-year term of office beginning on 1 January 2018 to fill the vacancies occurring on the expiration of the terms of office of EGYPT, JAPAN, SENEGAL, UKRAINE and URUGUAY. As a result, as of 1 January 2018, the Security Council is composed of the following 15 Member States: BOLIVIA (PLURINATIONAL STATE OF),* CHINA, COTE D'IVOIRE,** EQUATORIAL GUINEA,** ETHIOPIA,* FRANCE, KAZAKHSTAN,* KUWAIT,** NETHERLANDS,* PERU,** POLAND,** RUSSIAN FEDERATION, SWEDEN,* UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND and UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. __________________ * Term of office expires on 31 December 2018. ** Term of office expires on 31 December 2019. (See A/71/896; A/71/P.V.86)

At its 90th plenary meeting, on 6 July 2017, the General Assembly confirmed the appointment by the Secretary-General of Mr. Mukhisa KITUYI of Kenya as Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development for a further four-year term of office, beginning on 1 September 2017 and ending on 31 August 202. (See A/71/936)

A. At its 1st plenary meeting, on 13 September 2016, the General Assembly decided to authorize those subsidiary organs of the Assembly listed in the letter dated 7 September 2016 from the Chair of the Committee on Conferences, namely the United Nations Appeals Tribunal, the Committee on Relations with the Host Country, the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, the Executive Board of the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination, the Board of Auditors, the Panel of External Auditors of the United Nations, the Specialized Agencies, the International Atomic Energy Agency, the Independent Audit Advisory Committee and the Committee on Conference to meet during the main part of the seventy-first session of the Assembly. (See A/71/382, A/71/PV.1) B. At its 57th plenary meeting, on 8 December 2016, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Committee on Conferences, decided to authorize the Open-ended Working Group on Aging to meet during the main part of the seventy-first session of the General Assembly. (See A/71/382/Add.1, A/71/PV.57)

At its 2nd plenary meeting, on 16 September 2016, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the General Committee as set forth in its first report, adopted a number of provisions concerning the organization of the seventy-first session. At its 48th plenary meeting, on 21 November 2016, the General Assembly, at the request of the Chair of the Second Committee, decided to extend the work of the Committee until Wednesday, 30 November 2016. At its 50th plenary meeting, on 30 November 2016, the General Assembly, at the request of the Chair of the Second Committee, decided to further extend the work of the Committee until Friday, 9 December 2016. At its 51st plenary meeting, on 5 December 2016, the General Assembly, on the proposal of its President, decided to postpone the date of recess of the seventy-first session of the Assembly from Monday, 12 December 2016, to Monday, 19 December 2016. At the same meeting, the General Assembly, at the request of the Chair of the Fifth Committee, decided to extend the work of the Committee until Friday, 16 December 2016. At its 59th plenary meeting, on 9 December 2016, the General Assembly, at the request of the Chair of the Second Committee, decided to further extend the work of the Committee until Wednesday, 14 December 2016. At its 63rd plenary meeting, on 15 December 2016, the General Assembly, on the proposal of its President, decided to further postpone the date of recess of the seventy-first session of the Assembly from Monday, 19 December 2016, to Friday, 23 December 2016. At the same meeting, the General Assembly, at the request of the Chair of the Fifth Committee, decided to further extend the work of the Committee until Friday, 23 December 2016. (See A/71/250; A/71/PV.2; A/71/PV.48; A/71/PV.50; A/71/PV.51; A/71/PV.59; A/71/PV.63)

At its 2nd plenary meeting, on 16 September 2016, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the General Committee as set forth in its first report, and taking note that, pursuant to resolution 57/301 of 13 March 2003, the general debate would begin on Tuesday, 20 September 2016, decided that the general debate would continue on Saturday, 24 September 2016, in order to maximize the number of speakers during that week. (See A/70/250, para.26; A/71/PV.2)

A At its 2nd plenary meeting, on 16 September 2016, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the General Committee as set forth in its first report, adopted the agenda and the allocation of agenda items for the seventy-first session. At the same meeting, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the General Committee as set forth in its first report, decided to include in the agenda of its seventy-first session the item entitled “Question of the Comorian island of Mayotte” under heading B (Maintenance of international peace and security), on the understanding that there would be no consideration of this item by the General Assembly. Also at the same meeting, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the General Committee as set forth in its first report, decided to defer consideration of the item entitled “Question of the Malagasy islands of Glorieuses, Juan de Nova, Europa and Sassas da India” and to include it in the provisional agenda of its seventy-second session. Also at the same meeting, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the General Committee as set forth in its first report, decided to include in the agenda of its seventy-first session the item entitled “Request for an advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the legal consequences of the separation of the Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius in 1965” under heading F (Promotion of justice and international law), on the understanding that there would be no consideration of this item by the General Assembly before June 2017 and that thereafter it may be considered upon notification by a Member State. At its 35th plenary meeting, on 27 October 2016, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the General Committee as set forth in its second report, decided to include in the agenda of its seventy-first session an additional item entitled “Observer status of the Central American Bank for Economic Integration in the General Assembly”, under heading I (Organizational, administrative and other matters), and to allocate it to the Sixth Committee. At its 68th plenary meeting, on 23 December 2016, the General Assembly decided to consider directly in plenary meeting agenda item 20 entitled “Implementation of the outcomes of the United Nations Conferences on Human Settlements and on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development and strengthening of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat)”, under heading A (Promotion of sustained economic growth and sustainable development in accordance with the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly and recent United Nations conferences), to proceed expeditiously with the consideration of a draft resolution. (See A/71/250, A/70/PV.2; A/71/250/Add.1, A/71/PV.35; A/71/PV.68) B At its 69th plenary meeting, on 2 February 2017, the General Assembly decided to reopen consideration of sub-item (c) entitled “Disaster risk reduction” of agenda item 19 entitled “Sustainable development” under heading A (Promotion of sustained economic growth and sustainable development in accordance with the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly and recent United Nations conferences), to consider it directly in plenary meeting and to proceed expeditiously with the consideration of a draft resolution. At its 70th plenary meeting, on 8 March 2017, the General Assembly decided to reopen consideration of sub-item (a) entitled “Appointment of members of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions” of agenda item 115 entitled “Appointments to fill vacancies in subsidiary organs and other appointments”, under heading I (Organizational, administrative and other matters), and to proceed expeditiously with the consideration of the report of the Fifth Committee. At its 80th plenary meeting, on 4 May 2017, the General Assembly decided to reopen consideration of agenda item 106 entitled “Crime prevention and criminal justice”, under heading H (Drug control, crime prevention and combating international terrorism in all its forms and manifestations), to consider it directly in plenary meeting and to proceed expeditiously with the consideration of a draft resolution (A/71/L.65). At its 81st plenary meeting on 11 May 2017, the General Assembly decided to reopen consideration of sub-item (d) entitled “Appointment of members of the International Civil Service Commission” of agenda item 115 entitled “Appointments to fill vacancies in subsidiary organs and other appointments”, under heading I (Organizational, administrative and other matters), and to proceed expeditiously with the consideration of a report of the Fifth Committee (A/71/592/Add.1). At its 92nd meeting, on 19 July 2017, the General Assembly decided to reopen consideration of sub-item (r) entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations” of agenda item 126 entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and regional and other organizations” under heading I (Organizational, administrative and other matters), and to proceed expeditiously with the consideration of a draft resolution (A/71/L.76). At its 96th plenary meeting, on 8 September 2017, the General Assembly decided to reopen consideration of agenda item 109 entitled “Crime prevention and criminal justice”, under heading H (Drug control, crime prevention and combating international terrorism in all its forms and manifesttions), and to proceed expeditiously with the consideration of a draft resolution (A/71/L.80). At its 96th plenary meeting, on 8 September 2017, the General Assembly decided to reopen consideration of sub-item (x) entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization for Democracy and Economic Development – GUAM” of agenda item 126 entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and regional and other organizations” under heading I (Organizational, administrative and other matters), and to proceed expeditiously with the consideration of a draft decision (A/71/L.85). (See A/71/PV.69, A/71/PV.70, A/71/PV.80, A/71/PV.81, A/71/PV.92, A/71/PV.96)

At its 24th plenary meeting, on 5 October 2016, the General Assembly took note of the report of the Secretary-General on the work of the Organization. (See A/71/1; A/71/PV.24)

At its 25th plenary meeting, on 6 October 2016, the General Assembly decided to request the Secretary-General to issue a consolidated list of candidates for the election of the members of the International Law Commission, scheduled for Thursday, 3 November 2016, incorporating new information provided subsequent to the deadline of 1 June 2016 for the submission of candidatures. (See A/71/PV.25)

At its 26th plenary meeting, on 10 October 2016, the General Assembly took note of the report of the Economic and Social Council. (See A/71/3; A/71/PV.26)

At its 30th plenary meeting, on 19 October 2016, the General Assembly decided, without setting a precedent, to invite Mr. Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights; Mr. Fabián Omar Salvioli, Chair of the Human Rights Committee; and Mr. Waleed Sadi, Chair of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, to make a statement at the commemorative meeting of the Assembly on the fiftieth anniversary of the adoption of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. (See A/71/PV.30)

At its 35th plenary meeting, on 27 October 2016, the General Assembly took note of the report of the International Court of Justice. (See A/71/4, A/71/PV.35)

At its 44th plenary meeting, on 9 November 2016, the General Assembly took note of the twenty-third annual report of the International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991. (See A/71/263, A/71/PV.44)

At its 44th plenary meeting, on 9 November 2016, the General Assembly took note of the fourth annual report of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals. (See A/71/262, A/71/PV.44)

At its 51st plenary meeting, on 5 December 2016, the General Assembly took note of the report of the First Committee. (See A/71/441, A/71/PV.51)

At its 51st plenary meeting, on 5 December 2016, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the First Committee, decided to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-third session the item entitled “Maintenance of international security – good-neighbourliness, stability and development in South-Eastern Europe”. (See A/71/444, para 7; A/71/PV.51)

At its 51st plenary meeting, on 5 December 2016, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the First Committee, decided to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-second session the item entitled “Role of science and technology in the context of international security and disarmament”. (See A/71/449, para. 7; A/71/PV.51)

At its 51st plenary meeting, on 5 December 2016, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the First Committee, decided that the triennial report of the Secretary-General requested in paragraph 8 of resolution 44/116 O of 15 December 1989 shall henceforth be submitted only when the Assembly so decides. (See A/71/450, para 113, draft decion I; A/71/PV.51)

At its 51st plenary meeting, on 5 December 2016, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the First Committee,43 recalling its resolutions 54/54 F of 1 December 1999, 55/33 A of 20 November 2000, 56/24 B of 29 November 2001, 57/71 of 22 November 2002, 58/37 of 8 December 2003, 59/67 of 3 December 2004, 61/59 of 6 December 2006 and 63/55 of 2 December 2008 and its decisions 60/515 of 8 December 2005, 62/514 of 5 December 2007, 65/517 of 8 December 2010, 66/516 of 2 December 2011, 67/516 of 3 December 2012, 68/517 of 5 December 2013 and 69/517 of 2 December 2014, decided to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-third session the item entitled “Missiles”. (See A/71/450, para 113, draft decion II; A/71/PV.51)

At its 51st plenary meeting, on 5 December 2016, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the First Committee,43 recalling its resolution 65/66 of 8 December 2010 and its decisions 67/518 of 3 December 2012, 69/518 of 2 December 2014 and 70/551 of 23 December 2015, by a recorded vote of 179 to none, with 5 abstentions, decided to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-second session, under the item entitled “General and complete disarmament”, the sub-item entitled “Convening of the fourth special session of the General Assembly devoted to disarmament”. (See A/71/450, para 113, draft decion III adopted with a vote of 179-0-5; A/71/PV.51)

At its 51st plenary meeting, on 5 December 2016, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the First Committee, approved the provisional programme of work and timetable of the Committee for 2017, as set out in the annex to the report of the Committee. (See A/71/458, para. 5; A/71/PV.51)

At its 51st plenary meeting, on 5 December 2016, the General Assembly took note of the report of the First Committee.

At its 53rd plenary meeting, on 6 December 2016, the General Assembly took note of the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee). (See A/71/459, A/71/PV.51)

At its 53rd plenary meeting, on 6 December 2016, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee), recalling its decision 70/520 of 9 December 2015: (a) Urged the Governments of Spain and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, while listening to the interests and aspirations of Gibraltar that are legitimate under international law, to reach, in the spirit of the Brussels Declaration of 27 November 1984, a definitive solution to the question of Gibraltar, in the light of the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly and applicable principles, and in the spirit of the Charter of the United Nations; (b) Took note of the position of Spain on this issue, including its proposal to start new discussions on the basis of the Brussels Declaration, and also took note of Spain’s presentation of a co-sovereignty offer before the Special Political and Decolonization Committee; (c) Took note of the position of the United Kingdom on this issue, that is, the commitment never to enter into arrangements under which the people of Gibraltar would pass under the sovereignty of another State against their freely and democratically expressed wishes, nor enter into a process of sovereignty negotiations with which Gibraltar is not content; (d) Took note of the desire of the United Kingdom to continue with the trilateral Forum for Dialogue on Gibraltar; (e) Took note of the position of Spain that the trilateral Forum for Dialogue did not exist any longer and should be replaced with a new mechanism for local cooperation in which the people of the Campo de Gibraltar and Gibraltar were represented; (f) Encouraged the United Kingdom and Spain to engage in a constructive and responsive manner, with all relevant and appropriate parties, in order to find common solutions and make progress on issues of mutual benefit. (See A/71/502, para. 42; A/71/PV.53)

At its 53rd plenary meeting, on 6 December 2016, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee), approved the proposed programme of work and timetable of the Fourth Committee for the seventy-second session of the Assembly as set out in the report of the Fourth Committee. (See A/71/503, para. 5; A/71/PV.53)

At its 53rd plenary meeting, on 6 December 2016, the General Assembly took note of the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee. (See A/71/504, A/71/PV.53)

At its 62nd plenary meeting, on 13 December 2016, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Sixth Committee, decided to defer a decision on the request for observer status for the Cooperation Council of Turkic-speaking States in the Assembly until the seventy-second session of the Assembly. (See A/71/523, para. 8, A/71/PV.62)

At its 62nd plenary meeting, on 13 December 2016, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Sixth Committee, decided to defer a decision on the request for observer status for the Eurasian Economic Union in the Assembly until the seventy-second session of the Assembly. (See A/71/524, para. 8, A/71/PV.62)

At its 62nd plenary meeting, on 13 December 2016, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Sixth Committee, decided to defer a decision on the request for observer status for the Community of Democracies in the Assembly until the seventy-second session of the Assembly. (See A/71/525, para. 8, A/71/PV.62)

At its 62nd plenary meeting, on 13 December 2016, the General Assembly took note of the report of the Sixth Committee. (See A/71/526, A/71/PV.62)

At its 62nd plenary meeting, on 13 December 2016, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Sixth Committee, noted that the Committee had decided to adopt the following provisional programme of work for the seventy-second session of the Assembly, as proposed by the Bureau: Provisional programme of work 2 October Organization of work of the Sixth Committee 2–4 October Measures to eliminate international terrorism 4 and 5 October The rule of law at the national and international levels 6 October Criminal accountability of United Nations officials and experts on mission 9 October Report of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law on the work of its fiftieth session Request(s) for observer status 9 and 10 October Administration of justice at the United Nations 10 October Report of the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization 10 and 11 October The scope and application of the principle of universal jurisdiction 12 October Expulsion of aliens 13 October Responsibility of international organizations 16 October United Nations Programme of Assistance in the Teaching, Study, Dissemination and Wider Appreciation of International Law 20 October Effects of armed conflicts on treaties 23–27 and 31 October and 1 November Report of the International Law Commission on the work of its sixty-ninth session 2 November Report of the Committee on Relations with the Host Country 6 November Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly 10 November Programme planning Election of the officers of the Main Committees 6, 17 and 18 October Reserved (See A/71/519, para. 6, A/71/PV.62)

At its 62nd plenary meeting, on 13 December 2016, the General Assembly took note of the report of the Sixth Committee. (See A/71/520, A/71/PV.62)

At its 65th plenary meeting, on 19 December 2016, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Third Committee, took note of the note by the Secretariat entitled “World Social Situation 2016: Leaving No One Behind – the Imperative of Inclusive Development” submitted under the item entitled “Social development”. (See A/71/476, para. 28, A/71/PV.65)

At its 65th plenary meeting, on 19 December 2016, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Third Committee, took note of the following documents submitted under the agenda item entitled “Advancement of women”: (a) Report of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on its sixty-first, sixty-second and sixty-third sessions; (b) Report of the Secretary-General on intensifying global efforts for the elimination of female genital mutilation; (c) Report of the Secretary-General on the intensification of efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls; (d) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences. (See A/71/477, para. 35, A/71/PV.65)

At its 65th plenary meeting, on 19 December 2016, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Third Committee, took note of the following reports submitted under the item entitled “Promotion and protection of the rights of children”: (a) Report of the Committee on the Rights of the Child; (b) Report of the Secretary-General on the status of the Convention on the Rights of the Child; (c) Report of the Secretary-General on collaboration within the United Nations system on child protection. (See A/71/480, para. 30, A/71/PV.65)

At its 65th plenary meeting, on 19 December 2016, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Third Committee, took note of the note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the status of the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Peoples submitted under the item entitled “Rights of indigenous peoples”. (See A/71/481, para. 13, A/71/PV.65)

At its 65th plenary meeting, on 19 December 2016, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Third Committee, took note of the following documents submitted under the item entitled “Elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance”: (a) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance; (b) Note by the Secretariat on the latest developments with regard to the group of independent eminent experts on the implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action. (See A/71/482, para. 25, A/71/PV.65)

At its 65th plenary meeting, on 19 December 2016, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Third Committee, took note of following documents submitted under the item entitled “Promotion and protection of human rights”: Under sub-item (a): (a) Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Voluntary Trust Fund on Contemporary Forms of Slavery; (b) Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture; (c) Note by the Secretariat on the report of the Secretary-General on the Special Fund established by the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment; (d) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Chairs of the human rights treaty bodies on their twenty-eighth meeting; Under sub-item (b): (a) Report of the Committee on Enforced Disappearances on its ninth and tenth sessions; (b) Report of the Secretary-General on the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance; (c) Report of the Secretary-General on the promotion and protection of human rights, including ways and means to promote the human rights of migrants; (d) Report of the Secretary-General on missing persons; (e) Report of the Secretary-General entitled “Towards the full realization of an inclusive and accessible United Nations for persons with disabilities”; (f) Note by the Secretariat on the report of the Secretary-General on the right to development; (g) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Special Rapporteur on minority issues; (h) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism; (i) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons; (j) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Independent Expert on human rights and international solidarity; (k) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders; (l) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants; (m) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises; (n) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Special Rapporteur on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation; (o) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health; (p) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Independent Expert on the effects of foreign debt and other related international financial obligations of States on the full enjoyment of all human rights, particularly economic, social and cultural rights; (q) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, and on the right to non-discrimination in this context; (r) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities; (s) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights; (t) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers; (u) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to education; (v) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism; (w) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; (x) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence; Under sub-item (c): (a) Report of the Secretary-General on the situation of human rights in Myanmar; (b) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar; (c) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus; (d) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967; Under sub-item (d): Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. 71/536. Comprehensive implementation of and follow-up to the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action At its 65th plenary meeting, on 19 December 2016, the General Assembly took note of the report of the Third Committee. (See A/71/484, para. 5, A/71/PV.65)

At its 65th plenary meeting, on 19 December 2016, the General Assembly took note of the report of the Third Committee. (See A/71/484/Add.4, A/71/PV.65)

At its 65th plenary meeting, on 19 December 2016, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Third Committee, took note of the following documents submitted under the item entitled “Crime prevention and criminal justice”: (a) Report of the Secretary-General on follow-up to the Thirteenth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice and preparations for the Fourteenth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice; (b) Report of the Secretary-General on technical assistance for implementing the international conventions and protocols related to terrorism; (c) Report of the Secretary-General on improving the coordination of efforts against trafficking in persons. (See A/71/485, para. 25, A/71/PV.65)

At its 65th plenary meeting, on 19 December 2016, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Third Committee, approved the programme of work of the Committee for the seventy-second session of the Assembly as set out below: Item 1. Social development: (a) Implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development and of the twenty-fourth special session of the General Assembly (b) Social development, including question relating to the world social situation and to youth, ageing, disabled persons and the family Item 2. Crime prevention and criminal justice Item 3. International drug control Item 4. Advancement of women: (a) Advancement of women (b) Implementation of the outcome of the Fourth World Conference on Women and of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly Item 5. Promotion and protection of the rights of children: (a) Promotion and protection of the rights of children (b) Follow-up to the outcome of the special session on children Item 6. Rights of indigenous peoples: (a) Rights of indigenous peoples (b) Follow-up to the outcome document of the high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly known as the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples Item 7. Promotion and protection of human rights: (a) Implementation of human rights instruments (b) Human rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms (c) Human rights situations and reports of special rapporteurs and representatives (d) Comprehensive implementation of and follow-up to the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action Item 8. Elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance: (a) Elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance (b) Comprehensive implementation of and follow-up to the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action Item 9. Right of peoples to self-determination Item 10. Report of the Human Rights Council Item 11. Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, questions relating to refugees, returnees and displaced persons and humanitarian questions Item 12. Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly (See A/71/487, para. 5, A/71/PV.65)

At its 65th plenary meeting, on 19 December 2016, the General Assembly took note of the report of the Third Committee. (See A/71/488, A/71/PV.65)

At its 66th plenary meeting, on 21 December 2016, the General Assembly took note of the report of the Second Committee. (See A/71/465/Add.1, A/71/PV.66)

At its 66th plenary meeting, on 21 December 2016, the General Assembly took note of the report of the Second Committee. (See A/71/466, A/71/PV.66)

At its 66th plenary meeting, on 21 December 2016, the General Assembly took note of the report of the Second Committee. (See A/71/468,A/71/PV.66)

At its 66th plenary meeting, on 21 December 2016, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Second Committee, approved the programme of work of the Committee for the seventy-second session of the Assembly as set out below: Item 1. Information and communications technologies for development Item 2. Macroeconomic policy questions: (a) International trade and development (b) International financial system and development (c) External debt sustainability and development (d) Commodities (e) Financial inclusion for sustainable development (f) Promotion of international cooperation to combat illicit financial flows in order to foster sustainable development Item 3. Follow-up to and implementation of the outcomes of the International Conferences on Financing for Development Item 4. Sustainable development: (a) Implementation of Agenda 21, the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21 and the outcomes of the World Summit on Sustainable Development and of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (b) Follow-up to and implementation of the SIDS Accelerated Modalities of Action (SAMOA) Pathway and the Mauritius Strategy for the Further Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States (c) Disaster risk reduction (d) Protection of global climate for present and future generations of humankind (e) Implementation of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa (f) Convention on Biological Diversity (g) Harmony with Nature (h) Ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all (i) Combating sand and dust storms (j) Education for sustainable development Item 5. Implementation of the outcomes of the United Nations Conferences on Human Settlements and on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development and strengthening of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) Item 6. Globalization and interdependence: (a) Role of the United Nations in promoting development in the context of globalization and interdependence (b) Science, technology and innovation for development (c) Culture and sustainable development (d) Development cooperation with middle-income countries Item 7. Groups of countries in special situations: (a) Follow-up to the Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (b) Follow-up to the second United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries Item 8. Eradication of poverty and other development issues: (a) Implementation of the Second United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (2008–2017) (b) Women in development (c) Human resources development Item 9. Operational activities for development: (a) Operational activities for development of the United Nations system (b) South-South cooperation for development Item 10. Agriculture development, food security and nutrition Item 11. Towards global partnerships Item 12. Permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and of the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan over their natural resources (See A/71/471, para. 5, A/71/PV.66)

At its 66th plenary meeting, on 21 December 2016, the General Assembly took note of the report of the Second Committee. (See A/71/472, A/71/PV.66)

At its 68th plenary meeting, on 23 December 2016, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Fifth Committee, took note of the report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Office for Partnerships. (See A/71/716, para. 53, A/71/PV.68)

A At its 68th plenary meeting, on 23 December 2016, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Fifth Committee, Section A Decided to defer until the first part of its resumed seventy-first session consideration of the following documents: Item 134 Programme budget for the biennium 2016–2017 Resident coordinator system Report of the Secretary-General on the proposed United Nations Secretariat contribution to the United Nations Development Group cost-sharing arrangement for the resident coordinator system Related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions Review of the experience of the utilization of the contingency fund Report of the Secretary-General on the review of the experience of the utilization of the contingency fund Related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions Section B Decided to defer until the second part of its resumed seventy-first session consideration of the following documents: Item 149 Administrative and budgetary aspects of the financing of the United Nations peacekeeping operations Combating sexual exploitation and abuse Report of the Secretary-General on combating sexual exploitation and abuse Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of an independent review on sexual exploitation and abuse by international peacekeeping forces in the Central African Republic Report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions on combating sexual exploitation and abuse Section C Decided to defer until the main part of its seventy-second session consideration of the following documents: Item 134 Programme budget for the biennium 2016–2017 Capital master plan Fourteenth annual progress report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the capital master plan Report of the Board of Auditors on the capital master plan Report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the recommendations of the Board of Auditors contained in its report on the capital master plan for the year ended 31 December 2015 Report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions on the fourteenth annual progress report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the capital master plan Estimates in respect of special political missions, good offices and other political initiatives authorized by the General Assembly and/or the Security Council Report of the Secretary-General on the review of arrangements for funding and backstopping special political missions Related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions Operational arrangements and conditions of service of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions Note by the Secretary-General on the operational arrangements and conditions of service of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions Regional restructuring of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Report of the Secretary-General entitled “Proposed regional restructuring of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights: increasing efficiency and effectiveness in the implementation of General Assembly resolution 48/141” Related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions Item 143 Administrative and budgetary coordination of the United Nations with the specialized agencies and the International Atomic Energy Agency Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the statistical report of the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination on the budgetary and financial situation of the organizations of the United Nations system (See A/71/717, para. 9, A/71/PV.68) B At its 74th plenary meeting, on 6 April 2017, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Fifth Committee, decided decides to defer until the main part of its seventy-second session consideration of the following documents: Item 134 Programme budget for the biennium 2016-2017 Review of the experience of the utilization of the contingency fund Report of the Secretary-General on the review of the experience of the utilization of the contingency fund Related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (See A/71/717/Add.1, para 9, A/71/PV.74) C At its 89th plenary meeting, on 30 June 2017, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Fifth Committee, decided defer until the second part of its resumed seventy-second session consideration of the following documents: Item 149 Administrative and budgetary aspects of the financing of the United Nations peacekeeping operations Closed peacekeeping missions Report of the Secretary-General on the updated financial position of closed peacekeeping missions as at 30 June 2016 Related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions Report of the Secretary-General on the updated financial position of closed peacekeeping missions as at 30 June 2015 Related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions Report of the Secretary-General on the updated financial position of closed peacekeeping missions as at 30 June 2014 Related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions Report of the Secretary-General on the updated financial position of closed peacekeeping missions as at 30 June 2013 Related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions Report of the Secretary-General on the updated financial position of closed peacekeeping missions as at 30 June 2012 Related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions Report of the Secretary-General on the updated financial position of closed peacekeeping missions as at 30 June 2011 Related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (A/71/717/Add.2, para. 5, A/71/PV.89)

At its 68th plenary meeting, on 23 December 2016, the General Assembly, apart from organizational matters and items that may have to be considered by operation of the rules of procedure of the Assembly, decided that the following agenda items remained for consideration during its seventy-first session: Item 9. Report of the Economic and Social Council Item 10. Implementation of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and the political declarations on HIV/AIDS Item 11. Sport for development and peace Item 12. 2001–2010: Decade to Roll Back Malaria in Developing Countries, Particularly in Africa Item 13. Integrated and coordinated implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of the major United Nations conferences and summits in the economic, social and related fields Item 14. Culture of peace Item 15. The role of the United Nations in promoting a new global human order Item 19. Sustainable development: (h) Harmony with Nature Item 20. Implementation of the outcomes of the United Nations Conferences on Human Settlements and on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development and strengthening of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) Item 28. Report of the Security Council Item 29. Report of the Peacebuilding Commission Item 30. The role of diamonds in fuelling conflict Item 31. Prevention of armed conflict Item 32. Protracted conflicts in the GUAM area and their implications for international peace, security and development Item 33. Zone of peace and cooperation of the South Atlantic Item 34. The situation in the Middle East Item 35. Question of Palestine Item 37. The situation in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan Item 38. Question of the Comorian island of Mayotte Item 40. The situation in Central America: progress in fashioning a region of peace, freedom, democracy and development Item 41. Question of Cyprus Item 42. Armed aggression against the Democratic Republic of the Congo Item 43. Question of the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) Item 44. The situation of democracy and human rights in Haiti Item 45. Armed Israeli aggression against the Iraqi nuclear installations and its grave consequences for the established international system concerning the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons and international peace and security Item 46. Consequences of the Iraqi occupation of and aggression against Kuwait Item 51. Comprehensive review of the whole question of peacekeeping operations in all their aspects Item 61. Peacebuilding and sustaining peace Item 62. New Partnership for Africa’s Development: progress in implementation and international support: (a) New Partnership for Africa’s Development: progress in implementation and international support (b) Causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa Item 65. Rights of indigenous peoples: (a) Rights of indigenous peoples Item 66. Elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance Item 68. Promotion and protection of human rights: (b) Human rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms Item 69. Strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance of the United Nations, including special economic assistance: (a) Strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations (b) Assistance to the Palestinian people (c) Special economic assistance to individual countries or regions (d) Strengthening of international cooperation and coordination of efforts to study, mitigate and minimize the consequences of the Chernobyl disaster Item 73. Oceans and the law of the sea: (a) Oceans and the law of the sea Item 87. Request for an advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the legal consequences of the separation of the Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius in 1965 Item 110. Report of the Secretary-General on the Peacebuilding Fund Item 111. Notification by the Secretary-General under Article 12, paragraph 2, of the Charter of the United Nations Item 112. Elections to fill vacancies in principal organs: (a) Election of five non-permanent members of the Security Council (b) Election of eighteen members of the Economic and Social Council Item 114. Elections to fill vacancies in subsidiary organs and other elections: (a) Election of seven members of the Committee for Programme and Coordination Item 115. Appointments to fill vacancies in subsidiary organs and other appointments: (b) Appointment of members of the Committee on Contributions (g) Appointment of members of the Committee on Conferences (h) Appointment of members of the Joint Inspection Unit (i) Appointment of members of the Board of the 10 Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns (j) Confirmation of the appointment of the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (k) Confirmation of the appointment of the Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development Item 116. Admission of new Members to the United Nations Item 117. Follow-up to the outcome of the Millennium Summit Item 118. The United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy Item 119. Commemoration of the abolition of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade Item 120. Implementation of the resolutions of the United Nations Item 121. Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly Item 122. Question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and other matters related to the Security Council Item 123. Strengthening of the United Nations system Item 124. United Nations reform: measures and proposals Item 125. Multilingualism Item 126. Cooperation between the United Nations and regional and other organizations: (b) Cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (c) Cooperation between the United Nations and the Asian-African Legal Consultative Organization (e) Cooperation between the United Nations and the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (f) Cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization of American States (g) Cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (h) Cooperation between the United Nations and the Caribbean Community (j) Cooperation between the United Nations and the International Organization of la Francophonie; (k) Cooperation between the United Nations and the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (m) Cooperation between the United Nations and the Economic Community of Central African States (p) Cooperation between the United Nations and the Southern African Development Community (q) Cooperation between the United Nations and the Pacific Islands Forum (s) Cooperation between the United Nations and the Eurasian Economic Community (t) Cooperation between the United Nations and the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries (z) Cooperation between the United Nations and the International Organization for Migration Item 127. Global health and foreign policy Item 128. International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991 Item 129. International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals Item 130. Investigation into the conditions and circumstances resulting in the tragic death of Dag Hammarskjöld and of the members of the party accompanying him Item 131. Global awareness of the tragedies of irregular migrants in the Mediterranean basin, with specific emphasis on Syrian asylum seekers Item 132. Financial reports and audited financial statements, and reports of the Board of Auditors Item 133. Review of the efficiency of the administrative and financial functioning of the United Nations Item 134. Programme budget for the biennium 2016–2017 Item 135. Programme planning Item 136. Improving the financial situation of the United Nations Item 137. Pattern of conferences Item 138. Scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of the United Nations Item 139. Human resources management Item 140. Joint Inspection Unit Item 141. United Nations common system Item 142. United Nations pension system Item 143. Administrative and budgetary coordination of the United Nations with the specialized agencies and the International Atomic Energy Agency Item 144. Report on the activities of the Office of Internal Oversight Services Item 145. Administration of justice at the United Nations Item 146. Financing of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Genocide and Other Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of Rwanda and Rwandan Citizens Responsible for Genocide and Other Such Violations Committed in the Territory of Neighbouring States between 1 January and 31 December 1994 Item 147. Financing of the International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991 Item 148. Financing of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals Item 149. Administrative and budgetary aspects of the financing of the United Nations peacekeeping operations Item 150. Financing of the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei Item 151. Financing of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic Item 152. Financing of the United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire Item 153. Financing of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus Item 154. Financing of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Item 155. Financing of the United Nations Mission in East Timor Item 156. Financing of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti Item 157. Financing of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo Item 158. Financing of the United Nations Mission in Liberia Item 159. Financing of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali Item 160. Financing of the United Nations peacekeeping forces in the Middle East Item 161. Financing of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan Item 162. Financing of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara Item 163. Financing of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur Item 164. Financing of the activities arising from Security Council resolution 1863 (2009) (See A/71/PV.68)

At its 69th plenary meeting, on 2 February 2017, the General Assembly, on the proposal of its President , recalling its resolution 70/303 of 9 September 2016, and taking note of the note by the Secretariat, decided to accredit the organizations identified in the note by the Secretariat and invite them to participate as intergovernmental organizations in the work of the United Nations Conference to Support the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development and its preparatory meeting, with observer status, in accordance with paragraph 15 of annex II to its resolution 70/303. (See A/71/L.57, A/71/PV.69)

At its 72nd plenary meeting, on 21 March 2017, the General Assembly, recalling its resolution of 19 December 2016 in which it requested the President of the General Assembly and the President of the Human Rights Council to continue to convene annual commemorative meetings of the Assembly and the Council during the commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, with the appropriate focus and themes, and to hold a debate on racial profiling and incitement to hatred, including in the context of migration, with the participation of the Secretary-General and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, and in this context encouraged the participation of eminent personalities active in the struggle against racial discrimination, Member States and civil society organizations in accordance with the rules of procedure of the Assembly and the Council, respectively, decided, without setting a precedent, to invite Ms. Louise Arbour, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for International Migration; Ms. Anastasia Crickley, Chair of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination; and Mr. Mutuma Ruteere, Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, to make statements at the commemorative meeting. (See A/71/PV.72)

At its 73rd plenary meeting, on 24 March 2017, the General Assembly decided, without setting a precedent, to invite Mr. Lonnie Bunch, Director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, to make a keynote statement at the commemorative meeting of the General Assembly on the occasion of the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade. (See A/71/PV.73)

A At its 75th plenary meeting, on 7 April 2017, the General Assembly, recalling its resolutions 47/4 of 16 October 1992 and 70/296 of 25 July 2016, decided, without setting a precedent, to invite a representative of the International Organization for Migration to make a statement before Member States at that meeting. (See A/71/PV.75) B At its 75th plenary meeting on 7 April 2017, the General Assembly decided, without setting a precedent, to invite Mr. Volker Türk, the Assistant High Commissioner for Protection in the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, to make a statement at its 75th plenary meeting on 7 April 2017. (See A/71/PV.75)

A At its 77th plenary meeting, on 20 April 2017, the General Assembly, on the proposal of its President, recalling its resolution 70/303 of 9 September 2016, and taking note of the note by the Secretariat, decided to accredit the organizations identified in the note by the Secretariat and invite them to participate as intergovernmental organizations in the work of the United Nations Conference to Support the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development, with observer status, in accordance with paragraph 15 of annex II to its resolution 70/303. (See A/71/L.62, A/71/PV.77) B At its 82nd plenary meeting, on 24 May 2017, the General Assembly, on the proposal of its President, recalling its resolution 70/303 of 9 September 2016, and taking note of the note by the Secretariat, decides to accredit the organizations identified in the note by the Secretariat and invite them to participate as intergovernmental organizations in the work of the United Nations Conference to Support the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development, with observer status, in accordance with paragraph 15 of annex II to its resolution 70/303. (See A/71/L.72, A/71/PV.82)

At its 92nd plenary meeting, on 19 July 2017, the General Assembly, on the proposal of its President: (a) Decided to reaffirm the central role of the General Assembly concerning the question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and other matters related to the Security Council; (b) Also decided to immediately continue intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council reform in informal plenary of the General Assembly at its seventy-second session, as mandated by Assembly decisions 62/557 of 15 September 2008, 63/565 B of 14 September 2009, 64/568 of 13 September 2010, 65/554 of 12 September 2011, 66/566 of 13 September 2012, 67/561 of 29 August 2013, 68/557 of 8 September 2014, 69/560 of 14 September 2015 and 70/559 of 27 July 2016, building on the informal meetings held during its seventy-first session, as well as the positions of and proposals made by Member States, reflected in the text and its annex circulated on 31 July 2015, and using the elements of convergence circulated on 12 July 2016 and the elements of commonality and issues for further consideration circulated on 27 June 2017 to help inform its future work, while welcoming the active engagement, initiatives and intensive efforts of the President of the General Assembly, and noting with appreciation the active role and concrete efforts of the Co-Chairs undertaken in a consultative manner with a view to an early comprehensive reform of the Security Council; (c) Decided to convene the Open-ended Working Group on the Question of Equitable Representation on and Increase in the Membership of the Security Council and Other Matters related to the Security Council during the seventy-second session of the General Assembly, if Member States so decide; (d) Decided to include in the agenda of the seventy-second session of the General Assembly the item entitled "Question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and other matters related to the Security Council".

At its 95th plenary meeting, on 28 August 2017, the General Assembly took note of the note by the Secretary-General (A/71/300).

At its 95th plenary meeting, on 28 August 2017, the General Assembly took note of the report of the Security Council (Official Records of the General Assembly, Seventy-first Session, Supplement No.2 (A/71/2)).

At its 96th plenary meeting on 8 September 2017, the General Assembly, on the proposal of Georgia (A/71/L.86), referring to its resolution 58/85 of 9 December 2003, by which it granted the GUUAM observer status in the General Assembly, recalling its resolution 67/109 of 17 December 2012, in which it took note that the GUUAM had been transformed into the Organization for Democracy and Economic Development — GUAM by the Heads of State of members of the organization in their Kyiv Declaration of 23 May 2006, referring to its resolutions 69/271 of 2 April 2015 and 71/15 of 21 November 2016, decided that the Organization for Democracy and Economic Development — GUAM shall assume the rights and responsibilities of the GUUAM as an observer invited to participate in the sessions and the work of the General Assembly in accordance with its resolution 58/85. (See A/71/L.85, A/71/PV.96)

At its 96th plenary meeting on 8 September 2017, the General Assembly decided to include the item entitled “Prevention of armed conflict” in the draft agenda of its seventy-second session. (See A/71/PV.96)

At its 96th plenary meeting on 8 September 2017, the General Assembly decided to defer consideration of the item entitled “Zone of peace and cooperation of the South Atlantic” and to include it in the draft agenda of its seventy-second session. (See A/71/PV.96)

At its 96th plenary meeting on 8 September 2017, the General Assembly decided to defer consideration of the item entitled “The situation in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan” and to include it in the draft agenda of its seventy-second session. (See A/71/PV.96)

At its 96th plenary meeting on 8 September 2017, the General Assembly decided to defer consideration of the item entitled “Question of the Comorian island of Mayotte” and to include it in the draft agenda of its seventy-second session. (See A/71/PV.96)

At its 96th plenary meeting on 8 September 2017, the General Assembly decided to defer consideration of the sub-item entitled “Appointment of members of the Board of the 10-Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns” of the item entitled “Appointments to fill vacancies in subsidiary organs and other appointments” and to include it in the draft agenda of its seventy-second session. (See A/71/PV.96)

At its 96th plenary meeting on 8 September 2017, the General Assembly decided to include the item entitled “Implementation of the resolutions of the United Nations” in the draft agenda of its seventy-second session. (See A/71/PV.96)

At its 96th plenary meeting on 8 September 2017, the General Assembly decided to include the sub-item entitled “Strengthening of the United Nations system” of the item entitled “Strengthening of the United Nations system” in the draft agenda of its seventy-second session. (See A/71/PV.96)

At its 96th plenary meeting on 8 September 2017, the General Assembly decided to include the sub-item entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and the African Union” of the item entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and regional and other organizations” in the draft agenda of its seventy-second session. (See A/71/PV.96)

At its 96th plenary meeting on 8 September 2017, the General Assembly decided to defer consideration of the item entitled “Financing of the United Nations Mission in East Timor” and to include it in the draft agenda of its seventy-second session. (See A/71/PV.96)

At its 96th plenary meeting on 8 September 2017, the General Assembly decided to defer consideration of the item entitled “The role of the United Nations in promoting a new global human order” and to include it in the draft agenda of its seventy-third session. (See A/71/PV.96)

At its 97th plenary meeting on 11 September 2017, the General Assembly decided to include the following items in the draft agenda of its seventy-second session: Item 9 Report of the Economic and Social Council. Item 14 Culture of peace. Item 19, and its sub-item (h) Sustainable development: (h) Harmony with Nature. Item 20 Implementation of the outcomes of the United Nations Conferences on Human Settlements and on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development and strengthening of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat). Item 29 Report of the Peacebuilding Commission. Item 34 The situation in the Middle East. Item 35 Question of Palestine. Item 51 Comprehensive review of the whole question of peacekeeping operations in all their aspects. Item 61 Peacebuilding and sustaining peace. Item 68 and its sub-item (b) Promotion and protection of human rights: (b) Human rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms. Item 69 and its sub-items (a) to (c) Strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance of the United Nations, including special economic assistance: (a) Strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations; (b) Assistance to the Palestinian people; (c) Special economic assistance to individual countries or regions. Item 73 Oceans and the law of the sea: (a) Oceans and the law of the sea; (b) Sustainable fisheries, including through the 1995 Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks, and related instruments. Item 110 Report of the Secretary-General on the Peacebuilding Fund. Item 112 Elections to fill vacancies in principal organs. Item 114 and its sub-item (a) Elections to fill vacancies in subsidiary organs and other elections: (a) Election of seven members of the Committee for Programme and Coordination Item 115 and its sub-items (a), (b), (d) and (g) Appointments to fill vacancies in subsidiary organs and other appointments: (a) Appointment of members of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions; (b) Appointment of members of the Committee on Contributions; (d) Appointment of members of the International Civil Service Commission; (g) Appointment of members of the Committee on Conferences. Item 117 Follow-up to the outcome of the Millennium Summit. Item 124 United Nations reform: measures and proposals. Item 127 Global health and foreign policy. Item 128 International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991. Item 129 International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals. Item 130 Investigation into the conditions and circumstances resulting in the tragic death of Dag Hammarskjöld and of the members of the party accompanying him. Item 132 Financial reports and audited financial statements, and reports of the Board of Auditors: (a) United Nations; (b) United Nations peacekeeping operations; (c) International Trade Centre; (d) United Nations University; (e) Capital master plan; (f) United Nations Development Programme; (g) United Nations Capital Development Fund; (h) United Nations Children’s Fund; (i) United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East; (j) United Nations Institute for Training and Research; (k) Voluntary funds administered by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees; (l) Fund of the United Nations Environment Programme; (m) United Nations Population Fund; (n) United Nations Human Settlements Programme; (o) United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime; (p) United Nations Office for Project Services; (q) United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women); (r) International Criminal Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Genocide and Other Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of Rwanda and Rwandan Citizens Responsible for Genocide and Other Such Violations Committed in the Territory of Neighbouring States between 1 January and 31 December 1994; (s) International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991; (t) International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals; (u) United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund. Item 133 Review of the efficiency of the administrative and financial functioning of the United Nations. Item 134 Programme budget for the biennium 2016-2017. Item 135 Programme planning. Item 137 Pattern of conferences. Item 138 Scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of the United Nations. Item 139 Human resources management. Item 140 Joint Inspection Unit. Item 141 United Nations common system. Item 143 Administrative and budgetary coordination of the United Nations with the specialized agencies and the International Atomic Energy Agency. Item 144 Report on the activities of the Office of Internal Oversight Services. Item 145 Administration of justice at the United Nations. Item 147 Financing of the International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991. Item 148 Financing of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals. Item 149 Administrative and budgetary aspects of the financing of the United Nations peacekeeping operations. Item 150 Financing of the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei. Item 151 Financing of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic. Item 152 Financing of the United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire. Item 153 Financing of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus. Item 154 Financing of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Item 156 Financing of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti. Item 157 Financing of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo. Item 158 Financing of the United Nations Mission in Liberia. Item 159 Financing of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali. Item 160 Financing of the United Nations peacekeeping forces in the Middle East: (a) United Nations Disengagement Observer Force; (b) United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon Item 161 Financing of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan. Item 162 Financing of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara. Item 163 Financing of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur. Item 164 Financing of the activities arising from Security Council resolution 1863 (2009). (See A/71/PV.97)

At its 1st plenary meeting, on 12 September 2017, the General Assembly, in accordance with rule 28 of its rules of procedure, appointed a Credentials Committee for its seventy-second session consisting of the following Member States: CABO VERDE, CHINA, DOMINICA, INDONESIA, IRELAND, RUSSIAN FEDERATION, UGANDA, URUGUAY and UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. (See A/72/PV.1)

On 28 September 2017, the First Committee of the General Assembly held a meeting in accordance with rules 99 (a) and 103 of the rules of procedure of the Assembly for the purpose of electing its Chair. At the 28th plenary meeting of the General Assembly, on 3 October 2017, the President of the Assembly announced that His Excellency Mohammed Hussein BAHR ALULOOM of Iraq had been elected as Chair of the First Committee of the Assembly at its seventy-second session to replace His Excellency Mouayed SALEH of Iraq. (See A/72/PV.28 and decision 71/421) * In accordance with rule 38 of the rules of procedure of the General Assembly, the General Committee consists of the President of the Assembly, the 21 Vice-Presidents and the Chairs of the six Main Committees

A At its 31st plenary meeting, on 16 October 2017, the General Assembly, pursuant to its resolutions 60/251 of 15 March 2006 and 65/281 of 17 June 2011, elected AFGHANISTAN, ANGOLA, AUSTRALIA, CHILE, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO, MEXICO, NEPAL, NIGERIA, PAKISTAN, PERU, QATAR, SENEGAL, SLOVAKIA, SPAIN and UKRAINE as members of the Human Rights Council for a three-year term of office beginning on 1 January 2018 to fill the vacancies occurring on the expiration of the terms of office of ALBANIA, BANGLADESH, BOLIVIA (PLURINATIONAL STATE OF), BOTSWANA, CONGO, EL SALVADOR, GHANA, INDIA, INDONESIA, LATVIA, NETHERLANDS, NIGERIA, PARAGUAY, PORTUGAL and QATAR. As a result, as of 1 January 2018, the Human Rights Council is composed of the following 47 Member States: AFGHANISTAN,*** ANGOLA,*** AUSTRALIA,*** BELGIUM,* BRAZIL,** BURUNDI,* CHILE,*** CHINA,** CÔTE D’IVOIRE,* CROATIA,** CUBA,** DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO,*** ECUADOR,* EGYPT,** ETHIOPIA,* GEORGIA,* GERMANY,* HUNGARY,** IRAQ,** JAPAN,** KENYA,* KYRGYZSTAN,* MEXICO,*** MONGOLIA,* NEPAL,*** NIGERIA,*** PAKISTAN,*** PANAMA,* PERU,*** PHILIPPINES,* QATAR,*** REPUBLIC OF KOREA,* RWANDA,** SAUDI ARABIA,** SENEGAL,*** SLOVAKIA,*** SLOVENIA,* SOUTH AFRICA,** SPAIN,*** SWITZERLAND,* TOGO,* TUNISIA,** UKRAINE,*** UNITED ARAB EMIRATES,* UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND,** UNITED STATES OF AMERICA** and VENEZUELA (BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF).* __________________ * Term of office expires on 31 December 2018. ** Term of office expires on 31 December 2019. *** Term of office expires on 31 December 2020. (See A/72/PV.31) The text of this decision is available in all languages in document A/72/49 (Vol. II). B At its 106th plenary meeting, on 13 July 2018, the General Assembly, pursuant to its resolutions 60/251 of 15 March 2006 and 65/281 of 17 June 2011, elected ICELAND as a member of the Human Rights Council for the remainder of the term of office of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA beginning on 13 July 2018. As a result, as of 13 July 2018, the Human Rights Council is composed of the following 47 Member States: Afghanistan,*** Angola,*** Australia,*** Belgium,* Brazil,** Burundi,* Chile,*** China,** Côte d’Ivoire,* Croatia,** Cuba,** Democratic Republic of the Congo,*** Ecuador,* Egypt,** Ethiopia,* Georgia,* Germany,* Hungary,** ICELAND,** Iraq,** Japan,** Kenya,* Kyrgyzstan,* Mexico,*** Mongolia,* Nepal,*** Nigeria,*** Pakistan,*** Panama,* Peru,*** Philippines,* Qatar,*** Republic of Korea,* Rwanda,** Saudi Arabia,** Senegal,*** Slovakia,*** Slovenia,* South Africa,** Spain,*** Switzerland,* Togo,* Tunisia,** Ukraine,*** United Arab Emirates,* United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland** and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of).* __________________ * Term of office expires on 31 December 2018. ** Term of office expires on 31 December 2019. *** Term of office expires on 31 December 2020. (See A/72/PV.106)

The General Assembly, at its 44th plenary meeting, on 9 November 2017, and the Security Council, at its 8092nd meeting, on the same date, proceeded independently of one another to elect, in accordance with Articles 2 to 4, 7 to 12 and 14 and 15 of the Statute of the International Court of Justice, rules 150 and 151 of the rules of procedure of the Assembly and rules 40 and 61 of the provisional rules of procedure of the Council, four members of the Court for a nine-year term of office beginning on 6 February 2018 to fill the vacancies occurring on the expiration of the terms of office of Mr. Ronny Abraham (France), Mr. Dalveer Bhandari (India), Mr. Antônio Augusto Cançado Trindade (Brazil), Mr. Christopher Greenwood (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland), and Mr. Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf (Somalia). Having obtained the required absolute majority of votes in both the General Assembly and the Security Council, Mr. Ronny Abraham (France), Mr. Antônio Augusto Cançado Trindade (Brazil), Mr. Nawaf Salam (Lebanon), and Mr. Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf (Somalia) were elected as members of the Court for a nine-year term of office beginning on 6 February 2018. The General Assembly, at its 57th plenary meeting, on 20 November 2017, and the Security Council, at its 8110th meeting, on the same date, continued independently of one another to elect one member of the Court to fill the remaining vacancy. Having obtained the required absolute majority of votes in both the General Assembly and the Security Council, Mr. Dalveer Bhandari (India) was elected as a member of the Court for a nine-year term of office beginning on 6 February 2018. As a result, as of 6 February 2018, the International Court of Justice is composed as follows: Mr. Ronny ABRAHAM (France),*** Mr. Mohamed BENNOUNA (Morocco),** Mr. Dalveer BHANDARI (India),*** Mr. Antônio Augusto CANÇADO TRINDADE (Brazil),*** Mr. James Richard CRAWFORD (Australia),** Ms. Joan E. DONOGHUE (United States of America),** Mr. Giorgio GAJA (Italy),* Mr. Kirill GEVORGIAN (Russian Federation),** Mr. Hisashi OWADA (Japan),* Mr. Patrick Lipton ROBINSON (Jamaica),** Mr. Nawaf SALAM (Lebanon),*** Ms. Julia SEBUTINDE (Uganda),* Mr. Peter TOMKA (Slovakia),* Ms. XUE Hanqin (China)* and Mr. Abdulqawi Ahmed YUSUF (Somalia).*** ___________________ * Term of office expires on 5 February 2021. ** Term of office expires on 5 February 2024. *** Term of office expires on 5 February 2027. (See A/72/181, A/72/182, A/72/182/Add.1, A/72/183, A/72/PV.44 to 45, A/72/PV.49 to 53, A/72/PV.57) The text of this decision is available in all languages in document A/72/49 (Vol. II). B The General Assembly, at its 97th plenary meeting, on 22 June 2018, and the Security Council, at its 8292nd meeting, on the same date, proceeded independently of one another to elect, in accordance with Articles 2 to 4, 7 to 10 and 14 of the Statute of the International Court of Justice, rules 150 and 151 of the rules of procedure of the Assembly and rules 40 and 61 of the provisional rules of procedure of the Council, a member of the Court for the unexpired term of office of Mr. Hisashi OWADA (Japan) whose resignation took effect on 7 June 2018. Having obtained the required absolute majority of votes in both the General Assembly and the Security Council, Mr. Yuji IWASAWA (Japan) was elected as a member of the Court for a term of office beginning on 22 June 2018 and expiring on 5 February 2021. As a result, as of 6 February 2018, the International Court of Justice is composed as follows: Mr. Ronny ABRAHAM (France),*** Mr. Mohamed BENNOUNA (Morocco),** Mr. Dalveer BHANDARI (India),*** Mr. Antônio Augusto CANÇADO TRINDADE (Brazil),*** Mr. James Richard CRAWFORD (Australia),** Ms. Joan E. DONOGHUE (United States of America),** Mr. Giorgio GAJA (Italy),* Mr. Kirill GEVORGIAN (Russian Federation),** Mr. Yuji IWASAWA (Japan),* Mr. Patrick Lipton ROBINSON (Jamaica),** Mr. Nawaf SALAM (Lebanon),*** Ms. Julia SEBUTINDE (Uganda),* Mr. Peter TOMKA (Slovakia),* Ms. XUE Hanqin (China)* and Mr. Abdulqawi Ahmed YUSUF (Somalia).*** ___________________ * Term of office expires on 5 February 2021. ** Term of office expires on 5 February 2024. *** Term of office expires on 5 February 2027. Decision 72/404, in section A of the Official Records of the General Assembly, Seventy-second Session, Supplement No. 49 (A/72/49), vol. II, becomes decision 72/404 A. (See A/72/872, A/72/873, A/72/874, A/72/PV.97) The final text of this decision will be contained in document A/72/49 (Vol. III) after editorial review.

A At its 55th plenary meeting, on 17 November 2017, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Fifth Committee, appointed the following persons as members of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions for a three-year term of office beginning on 1 January 2018: Mr. Bachar Bong Abdallah, Mr. Pavel Chernikov, Ms. Julia A. Maciel, Mr. Cihan Terzi and Mr. David Traystman. As a result, as of 1 January 2018, the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions is composed as follows: Mr. Bachar Bong ABDALLAH (Chad),*** Mr. Takeshi AKAMATSU (Japan),** Mr. Pavel CHERNIKOV (Russian Federation),*** Mr. Ihor HUMENNYI (Ukraine),* Mr. Conrod HUNTE (Antigua and Barbuda),* Mr Mutaz HYASSAT (Jordan),* Mr. Marcel JULLIER (Switzerland),** Mr. Mahesh KUMAR (India),** Ms. Julia A. MACIEL (Paraguay),*** Mr. Carlos RUIZ MASSIEU (Mexico),** Mr. Olivier MYARD (France),** Mr. Babou SENE (Senegal),* Mr. Tesfa Alem SEYOUM (Eritrea),* Mr. Cihan TERZI (Turkey),*** Mr. David TRAYSTMAN (United States of America)*** and Mr. YE Xuenong (China).** __________________ * Term of office expires on 31 December 2018. ** Term of office expires on 31 December 2019. *** Term of office expires on 31 December 2020. (See A/72/566, A/72/PV.55) The text of this decision is available in all languages in document A/72/49 (Vol. II). B At its 107th plenary meeting, on 23 July 2018, the General Assembly appointed Mr. Takeshi Matsunaga as a member of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions for a term of office beginning on 15 August 2018 and ending on 31 December 2019, as a result of the resignation of Mr. Takeshi Akamatsu. As a result, as of 15 August 2018, the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions is composed as follows: Mr. Bachar Bong ABDALLAH (Chad),*** Mr. Pavel CHERNIKOV (Russian Federation),*** Mr. Ihor HUMENNYI (Ukraine),* Mr. Conrod HUNTE (Antigua and Barbuda),* Mr Mutaz HYASSAT (Jordan),* Mr. Marcel JULLIER (Switzerland),** Mr. Mahesh KUMAR (India),** Ms. Julia A. MACIEL GONZÁLEZ (Paraguay),*** Mr. Takeshi MATSUNAGA (Japan),** Mr. Olivier MYARD (France),** Mr. Carlos RUIZ MASSIEU (Mexico),** Mr. Babou SENE (Senegal),* Mr. Tesfa Alem SEYOUM (Eritrea),* Mr. Cihan TERZI (Turkey),*** Mr. David TRAYSTMAN (United States of America)*** and Mr. YE Xuenong (China).** __________________ * Term of office expires on 31 December 2018. ** Term of office expires on 31 December 2019. *** Term of office expires on 31 December 2020. (See A/72/101/Rev.1/Add.1) The final text of this decision B will be contained in document A/72/49 (Vol. III) after editorial review.

At its 55th plenary meeting, on 17 November 2017, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Fifth Committee, appointed the following persons as members of the Committee on Contributions for a three-year term of office beginning on 1 January 2018: Mr. Michael Holtsch, Mr. Evgeny Kalugin, Mr. Henrique da Silveira Sardinha Pinto, Mr. Steve Townley, Ms. Yoon Seongmee and Ms. Zhang Wei. As a result, as of 1 January 2018, the Committee on Contributions is composed as follows: Mr. Syed Yawar ALI (Pakistan),* Mr. Cheikh Tidiane DÈME (Senegal),** Ms. Jasminka DINI (Croatia),* Mr. Gordon ECKERSLEY (Australia),** Mr. Edward FARIS (United States of America),* Mr. Bernardo GREIVER DEL HOYO (Uruguay),** Mr. Michael HOLTSCH (Germany),*** Mr. Evgeny KALUGIN (Russian Federation),*** Mr. Baudelaire NDONG ELLA (Gabon),** Mr. Toshiro OZAWA (Japan),* Mr. Tõnis SAAR (Estonia),* Mr. Henrique da Silveira SARDINHA PINTO (Brazil),*** Mr. Ugo SESSI (Italy),** Mr. Josiel Motumisi TAWANA (South Africa),* Alejandro TORRES LÉPORI (Argentina),** Mr. Steve TOWNLEY (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland),*** Ms. YOON Seongmee (Republic of Korea)*** and Ms. ZHANG Wei (China).*** __________________ * Term of office expires on 31 December 2018. ** Term of office expires on 31 December 2019. *** Term of office expires on 31 December 2020. (See A/72/567, A/72/PV.55)

At its 55th plenary meeting, on 17 November 2017, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Fifth Committee, appointed the Comptroller General of the Republic of Chile as a member of the Board of Auditors for a six year term of office beginning on 1 July 2018. As a result, the Board of Auditors is composed as follows: German Supreme Audit Institution,** Comptroller General of the Republic of Chile,*** and Comptroller and Auditor-General of INDIA.* ___________________ * Term of office expires on 30 June 2020. ** Term of office expires on 30 June 2022. *** Term of office expires on 30 June 2024. (See A/72/571, A/72/PV.55)

At its 55th plenary meeting, on 17 November 2017, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Fifth Committee, appointed Mr. Yuji Kumamaru, Mr. Luis Mariano Hermosillo Sosa, Mr. Aldo Mantovani, Mr. Jeffrey Mounts and Mr. Wolfgang Stöckl as members of the International Civil Service Commission for a four-year term of office beginning on 1 January 2018. At the same meeting, the General Assembly, also on the recommendation of the Fifth Committee, designated Mr. Aldo Mantovani (Italy) as Vice-Chair of the International Civil Service Commission for a four-year term of office beginning on 1 January 2018. As a result, as of 1 January 2018, the International Civil Service Commission is composed as follows: Mr. Kingston Papie RHODES (Sierra Leone),* Chair; Mr. Aldo MANTOVANI (Italy),*** Vice-Chair; Ms. Marie-Françoise BECHTEL (France),* Mr. Emmanuel Oti BOATENG (Ghana),* Mr. Larbi DJACTA (Algeria),** Mr. Mohammed FARASHUDDIN (Bangladesh),** Ms. Carleen GARDNER (Jamaica),* Luis Mariano HERMOSILLO SOSA (Mexico)***, Mr. Yuji KUMAMARU (Japan),*** Mr. Jeffrey MOUNTS (United States of America),*** Mr. Wolfgang STÖCKL (Germany),*** Mr. Vladimir A. STOROZHEV (Russian Federation),** Mr. WANG Xiaochu (China),** Mr. Eugeniusz WYZNER (Poland)* and Mr. El Hassane ZAHID (Morocco).** __________________ * Term of office expires on 31 December 2018. ** Term of office expires on 31 December 2019. *** Term of office expires on 31 December 2021. (See A/72/568, A/72/PV.55)

At its 55th plenary meeting, on 17 November 2017, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Fifth Committee, appointed Mr. Richard Quartei Quartey and Ms. Janet St. Laurent as members of the Independent Audit Advisory Committee for a three-year term of office beginning on 1 January 2018. As a result, as of 1 January 2018, the Independent Audit Advisory Committee is composed as follows: Ms. Natalia BOCHAROVA (Russian Federation),* Mr. Richard Quartei QUARTEY (Ghana),** Ms. Janet ST. LAURENT (United States of America),** Ms. Maria Gracia Pulido TAN (Philippines)* and Ms. Patricia X. Arriagada VILLOUTA (Chile). * __________________ * Term of office expires on 31 December 2019. ** Term of office expires on 31 December 2020. (See A/72/569, A/72/PV.55)

At its 55th plenary meeting, on 17 November 2017, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Fifth Committee, confirmed the appointment by the Secretary-General of Ms. Kemi Adeosun and Ms. Keiko Honda as ad hoc members of the Investments Committee for a one-year term of office beginning on 1 January 2018. As a result, as of 1 January 2018, the Investments Committee is composed as follows: Ms. Kemi ADEOSUN (Nigeria),* (ad hoc) Mr. Masakazu ARIKAWA (Japan),** Mr. Madhav DHAR (India),** Ms. Keiko HONDA (Japan),* (ad hoc) Mr. Simon JIANG (China),** Mr. Achim KASSOW (Germany),** Mr. Nemir KIRDAR (Iraq),** Mr. Michael KLEIN (United States of America),** Ms. Linah K. MOHOHLO (Botswana),** Mr. Gumersindo OLIVEROS (Spain)** and Ms. Luciane RIBEIRO (Brazil).** __________________ * Term of office expires on 31 December 2018. ** Term of office expires on 31 December 2019. (See A/72/570, A/72/PV.55)

At its 71st plenary meeting, on 11 December 2017, the General Assembly, on the basis of nominations by the Economic and Social Council and in accordance with the annex to Council resolution 2008 (LX) of 14 May 1976, paragraph 1 of Council resolution 1987/94 of 4 December 1987, as well as Assembly decision 42/450 of 17 December 1987, elected BELARUS, BOTSWANA, BRAZIL, BULGARIA, BURKINA FASO, CAMEROON, CHILE, CUBA, GERMANY, INDIA, IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF), JAPAN, PAKISTAN, PORTUGAL, REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA, THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND and THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA as members of the Committee for Programme and Coordination for a three-year term of office beginning on 1 January 2018 to fill the vacancies occurring on the expiration of the terms of office of ARMENIA, BELARUS, BRAZIL, BURKINA FASO, CAMEROON, CUBA, EQUATORIAL GUINEA, IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF), IRAQ, ITALY, NAMIBIA, PAKISTAN, PORTUGAL, SAUDI ARABIA, UKRAINE, the UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND, the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, URUGUAY and the BOLIVARIAN REPUBIC OF VENEZUELA. As a result, as of 1 January 2018, the Committee for Programme and Coordination is composed of the following 30 Member States: ARGENTINA,* BANGLADESH,** BELARUS,*** BOTSWANA,*** BRAZIL,*** BULGARIA,*** BURKINA FASO,*** CAMEROON,*** CHILE,*** CHINA,** CUBA,*** EGYPT,** ERITREA,** FRANCE,* GERMANY,*** HAITI,** INDIA,*** IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF),*** JAPAN,*** PAKISTAN,*** PERU,* PORTUGAL,*** REPUBLIC OF KOREA,** REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA,*** RUSSIAN FEDERATION,* SENEGAL,** UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND,*** UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA,* UNITED STATES OF AMERICA*** and ZIMBABWE.* __________________ * Term of office expires on 31 December 2018. ** Term of office expires on 31 December 2019. *** Term of office expires on 31 December 2020. (See A/72/P.V.71) B At its 87th plenary meeting, on 26 April 2018, the General Assembly, on the basis of nominations by the Economic and Social Council and in accordance with the annex to Council resolution 2008 (LX) of 14 May 1976 and Assembly decision 42/450 of 17 December 1987, elected Chad and Italy as members of the Committee for Programme and Coordination for a term of office beginning on 26 April 2018 and expiring on 31 December 2020. As a result, as of 26 April 2018, the Committee for Programme and Coordination is composed of the following 32 Member States: ARGENTINA,* BANGLADESH,** BELARUS,*** BOTSWANA,*** BRAZIL,*** BULGARIA,*** BURKINA FASO,*** CAMEROON,*** CHAD,*** CHILE,*** CHINA,** CUBA,*** EGYPT,** ERITREA,** FRANCE,* GERMANY,*** HAITI,** INDIA,*** IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF),*** ITALY,*** JAPAN,*** PAKISTAN,*** PERU,* PORTUGAL,*** REPUBLIC OF KOREA,** REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA,*** RUSSIAN FEDERATION,* SENEGAL,** UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND,*** UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA,* UNITED STATES OF AMERICA*** and ZIMBABWE.* __________________ * Term of office expires on 31 December 2018. ** Term of office expires on 31 December 2019. *** Term of office expires on 31 December 2020. (See A/72/612/Add.1 and A/72/PV.87) One vacancy for a member from Western European and other States remains to be filled for a term of office beginning on the date of election and expiring on 31 December 2018; and one member from Latin American and Caribbean States remains to be filled for a term of office beginning on the date of appointment and expiring on 31 December 2020.

At its 74th and 76th plenary meetings, on 20 and 24 December 2017, respectively, the General Assembly, in accordance with paragraph 2 of its resolution 43/222 B of 21 December 1988, took note of the appointment by its President, after consultations with the Chairs of the regional groups concerned, of BOTSWANA, FRANCE, IRAQ, NEPAL and the RUSSIAN FEDERATION as members of the Committee on Conferences for a three-year term of office beginning on 1 January 2018. Also at its 74th plenary meeting, the General Assembly took note of the appointment by its President, after consultation with the Chair of the regional group concerned, of CHINA as a member of the Committee on Conferences to fill a vacancy for a term of office beginning on the date of appointment and expiring on 31 December 2019. As a result, as of 1 January 2018, the Committee on Conferences is composed of the following 18 Member States: AUSTRIA,** BOTSWANA,*** CHINA,** FRANCE,*** GERMANY,* GHANA,* GUYANA,* HUNGARY,* IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF),* IRAQ,*** JAMAICA,** JAPAN,** KENYA,** LIBERIA,* MOROCCO,** NEPAL,*** RUSSIAN FEDERATION*** and UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.** __________________ * Term of office expires on 31 December 2018. ** Term of office expires on 31 December 2019. *** Term of office expires on 31 December 2020. (See A/72/107, A/72/PV.74 and 75) B At its 78th plenary meeting, on 7 March 2018, the General Assembly, in accordance with paragraph 2 of its resolution 43/222 B of 21 December 1988, took note of the appointment by its President, after consultations with the Chair of the regional group concerned, of BRAZIL as a member of the Committee on Conferences for a term of office beginning on 7 March 2018 and ending on 31 December 2020 and of ECUADOR as a member of the Committee on Conferences for a period beginning 7 March 2018 and expiring on 31 December 2018. As a result, as of 6 March 2018, the Committee on Conferences is composed of the following 20 Member States: AUSTRIA,** BOTSWANA,*** BRAZIL,*** CHINA,** ECUADOR,* FRANCE,*** GERMANY,* GHANA,* GUYANA,* HUNGARY,* IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF),* IRAQ,*** JAMAICA,** JAPAN,** KENYA,** LIBERIA,* MOROCCO,** NEPAL,*** RUSSIAN FEDERATION*** and UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.** __________________ * Term of office expires on 31 December 2018. ** Term of office expires on 31 December 2019. *** Term of office expires on 31 December 2020. (See A/72/107 and A/72/PV.78) Decision 72/412, in section A of the Official Records of the General Assembly, Seventy-second Session, Supplement No. 49 (A/72/49), vol. II, becomes decision 72/412 A. One vacancy for a member from African States remain to be filled for a term of office beginning on the date of appointment and expiring on 31 December 2020.

At its 75th plenary meeting, on 22 December 2017, the General Assembly, on the proposal of the Secretary-General, elected Dato’ Maimunah Mohd Sharif (Malaysia) as Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) for a term of office of four years. The effective date of her appointment would be communicated to the Assembly at a later stage. (See A/72/PV.75)

A At its 75th plenary meeting, on 22 December 2017, the General Assembly, pursuant to its resolutions 60/180 of 20 December 2005 and 63/145 of 18 December 2008, elected the CZECH REPUBLIC and EL SALVADOR as members of the Organizational Committee of the Peacebuilding Commission for a two-year term of office beginning on 1 January 2018 to fill the vacancies occurring on the expiration of the terms of office of EL SALVADOR and MONTENEGRO. Pursuant to paragraphs 4 (a) to (d) of resolution 60/180, 23 States have already been elected and/or selected as members of the Organizational Committee of the Peacebuilding Commission: BOLIVIA (PLURINATIONAL STATE OF), CHINA, CÔTE D’IVOIRE, FRANCE, RUSSIAN FEDERATION, UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND and UNITED STATES OF AMERICA selected by the Security Council; BELGIUM, ECUADOR, NIGERIA, REPUBLIC OF KOREA, ROMANIA and SOUTH AFRICA elected by the Economic and Social Council; BRAZIL, CANADA, GERMANY, JAPAN, and NORWAY selected by and from among the top 10 providers of assessed contributions to United Nations budgets and of voluntary contributions to United Nations funds, programmes and agencies, including a standing peacebuilding fund; and BANGLADESH, ETHIOPIA, INDIA, PAKISTAN and RWANDA selected by and from among the top 10 providers of military personnel and civilian police to United Nations missions. As a result, from January 2018, the Organizational Committee of the Peacebuilding Commission is composed of the following 30 Member States : BANGLADESH,** BELGIUM,** BOLIVIA (PLURINATIONAL STATE OF),** BRAZIL,** CANADA,** CHINA,* CÔTE D’IVOIRE,** COLOMBIA,** CZECH REPUBLIC,*** ECUADOR,** EGYPT,** EL SALVADOR,*** ETHIOPIA,** FRANCE,* GERMANY,** INDIA,** INDONESIA,** JAPAN,** KENYA,** MEXICO,** NIGERIA,** NORWAY,** PAKISTAN,** REPUBLIC OF KOREA,** ROMANIA,** RUSSIAN FEDERATION,* RWANDA,** SOUTH AFRICA,** UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND* and UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.* __________________ * Permanent members of the Security Council. ** Term of office expires on 31 December 2018. *** Term of office expires on 31 December 2019. (See A/72/PV.75) The text of this decision is available in all languages in document A/72/49 (Vol. II). B On 12 February 2018, the Economic and Social Council elected ITALY as a member of the Organizational Committee of the Peacebuilding Commission pursuant to paragraphs 4 (a) to (d) of resolution 60/180 of 20 December 2005. As a result, from 12 February 2018, the Organizational Committee of the Peacebuilding Commission is composed of the following 31 Member States: BANGLADESH,** BELGIUM,** BOLIVIA (PLURINATIONAL STATE OF),** BRAZIL,** CANADA,** CHINA,* CÔTE D’IVOIRE,** COLOMBIA,** CZECH REPUBLIC,*** ECUADOR,** EGYPT,** EL SALVADOR,*** ETHIOPIA,** FRANCE,* GERMANY,** INDIA,** INDONESIA,** ITALY,** JAPAN,** KENYA,** MEXICO,** NIGERIA,** NORWAY,** PAKISTAN,** REPUBLIC OF KOREA,** ROMANIA,** RUSSIAN FEDERATION,* RWANDA,** SOUTH AFRICA,** UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND* AND UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.* __________________ * Permanent members of the Security Council. ** Term of office expires on 31 December 2018. *** Term of office expires on 31 December 2019.

At its 76th plenary meeting, on 24 December 2017, the General Assembly, pursuant to resolution 72/256 of 24 December 2017, decided to extend the terms of office of Mr. Rowan Downing (Australia), Ms. Alessandra Greceanu (Romania) and Ms. Nkemdilim Amelia Izuako (Nigeria) as ad litem judges for a term beginning on 1 January 2018 and expiring on 31 December 2018. As a result, as of 1 January 2018, the United Nations Dispute Tribunal is composed as follows: Ms. Teresa Maria DA SILVA BRAVO (Portugal, full-time, Geneva),*** Mr. Rowan DOWNING (Australia, ad litem),* Ms. Memooda EBRAHIM-CARSTENS (Botswana, full-time, New York),** Ms. Alessandra GRECEANU (Romania, ad litem),* Mr. Alexander W. HUNTER, Jr. (United States of America, half-time),*** Ms. Nkemdilim Amelia IZUAKO (Nigeria, ad litem),* Ms. Agnieszka KLONOWIECKA-MILART (Poland, full-time, Nairobi)*** and Mr. Goolam Hoosen Kader MEERAN (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, half-time).** __________________ * Term of office expires on 31 December 2018. ** Term of office expires on 30 June 2019. *** Term of office expires on 30 June 2023. (See A/72/PV.76)

At its 90th plenary meeting, on 24 May 2018, the General Assembly, recalling its resolution 69/214 of 19 December 2014, decided to allow the Group of African States to renominate its two existing members of the Board, namely, Kenya and Nigeria, which had already served one term from 2015-2017. Also, at the same meeting, the General Assembly, in accordance with resolutions 67/203 of 21 December 2012 and 69/214 of 19 December 2014, decided to appoint ARGENTINA, AZERBAIJAN, BHUTAN, COLOMBIA, HUNGARY, ISRAEL, JAPAN, KENYA, NIGERIA and SWITZERLAND as members of the board of the 10 Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns for a term beginning on 16 September 2017 and ending on 15 September 2019.* * Argentina, Kenya and Nigeria are serving their second consecutive term. (See A/72/PV.90)

At its 92nd plenary meeting, on 5 June 2018, the General Assembly, in accordance with Article 21 of the Charter of the United Nations, rule 30 of the rules of procedure of the Assembly and paragraph 1 of the annex to resolution 33/138 of 19 December 1978, elected Ms. María Fernanda ESPINOSA GARCÉS of Ecuador as President of the General Assembly at its seventy-third session. ________ In accordance with rule 38 of the rules of procedure of the General Assembly, the General Committee consists of the President of the Assembly, the 21 Vice-Presidents and the Chairs of the six Main Committees. (See A/72/PV.92

At its 92nd plenary meeting, on 5 June 2018, the General Assembly, in accordance with rule 30 of the rules of procedure of the Assembly and paragraphs 2 and 3 of the annex to resolution 33/138 of 19 December 1978, elected the following 21 Member States as Vice-Presidents of the General Assembly at its seventy-third session: ALGERIA, BURKINA FASO, CAMBODIA, CHINA, CYPRUS, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO, FRANCE, the GAMBIA, GUYANA, IRAQ, JAPAN, NAMIBIA, PANAMA, QATAR, RUSSIAN FEDERATION, SAN MARINO, SPAIN, the SUDAN, UKRAINE, UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND AND UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. In accordance with rule 38 of the rules of procedure of the General Assembly, the General Committee consists of the President of the Assembly, the 21 Vice-Presidents and the Chairs of the six Main Committees. (See A/72/PV.92)

At its 93rd plenary meeting, on 8 June 2018, the General Assembly, in accordance with Article 23 of the Charter of the United Nations, rule 142 of the rules of procedure of the Assembly and paragraph 17 of Assembly resolution 68/307 of 10 September 2014, elected BELGIUM, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, GERMANY, INDONESIA and SOUTH AFRICA as non-permanent members of the Security Council for a two-year term of office beginning on 1 January 2019 to fill the vacancies occurring on the expiration of the terms of office of BOLIVIA (PLURINATIONAL STATE OF), ETHIOPIA, KAZAKHSTAN, the NETHERLANDS and SWEDEN. As a result, as of 1 January 2019, the Security Council is composed of the following 15 Member States: BELGIUM,** CHINA, CÔTE D’IVOIRE,* DOMINICAN REPUBLIC,** EQUATORIAL GUINEA,* FRANCE, GERMANY,** INDONESIA,** KUWAIT,* PERU,* POLAND,* RUSSIAN FEDERATION, SOUTH AFRICA,** UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND and UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. __________________ * Term of office expires on 31 December 2019. ** Term of office expires on 31 December 2020. (See A/72/PV.93)

On 5 June 2018, the First, Special Political and Decolonization (Fourth), Second, Third, Fifth and Sixth Committees of the General Assembly held meetings in accordance with rules 99 (a) and 103 of the rules of procedure of the Assembly for the purpose of electing their Chairs. At its 93rd plenary meeting, on 8 June 2018, the President of the General Assembly announced that the following persons had been elected as Chairs of the First, Special Political and Decolonization (Fourth), Second, Third, Fifth and Sixth Committees of the Assembly at its seventy-third session: First Committee: Mr. Ion JINGA (Romania) Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee): Mr. Lewis Garseedah BROWN (Liberia) Second Committee: Mr. Jorge SKINNER-KLEÉ ARENALES (Guatemala) Third Committee: Mr. Mahmoud SAIKAL (Afghanistan) Fifth Committee: Ms. Gillian BIRD (Australia) Sixth Committee: Mr. Michel Xavier BIANG (Gabon) _________ In accordance with rule 38 of the rules of procedure of the General Assembly, the General Committee consists of the President of the Assembly, the 21 Vice-Presidents and the Chairs of the six Main Committees. (See A/72/PV.93)

At its 96th plenary meeting, on 13 June 2018, the General Assembly, in accordance with rule 140 of the rules of procedure of the Assembly, elected CAMBODIA, MALTA and YEMEN as members of the Economic and Social Council for the remainder of the terms of office of TAJIKISTAN, SPAIN and UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, respectively, beginning on 1 January 2019. At the same meeting, the General Assembly, in accordance with Article 61 of the Charter of the United Nations and rule 145 of the rules of procedure of the Assembly and paragraph 17 of Assembly resolution 68/307 of 10 September 2014, elected ANGOLA, ARMENIA, BRAZIL, CANADA, EGYPT, ETHIOPIA, IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF), JAMAICA, KENYA, LUXEMBOURG, MALI, NETHERLANDS, PAKISTAN, PARAGUAY, SAUDI ARABIA, TURKMENISTAN, UKRAINE and UNITED STATES OF AMERICA as members of the Economic and Social Council for a three-year term of office beginning on 1 January 2019 to fill the vacancies occurring on the expiration of the terms of office of AFGHANISTAN, ALGERIA, BELGIUM, CANADA, CHILE, CZECHIA, GUYANA, IRAQ, ITALY, LEBANON, NIGERIA, PERU, REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA, RWANDA, SOMALIA, SOUTH AFRICA, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, and VIET NAM. As a result, as of 1 January 2019, the Economic and Social Council is composed of the following 54 Member States: ANDORRA,* ANGOLA,*** ARMENIA,*** AZERBAIJAN,* BELARUS,** BENIN,* BRAZIL,*** CAMBODIA,* CAMEROON,* CANADA,*** CHAD,* CHINA,* COLOMBIA,* DENMARK,* ECUADOR,** EGYPT,*** EL SALVADOR,** ESWATINI,* ETHIOPIA,*** FRANCE,** GERMANY,** GHANA,** INDIA,** IRAN, (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF),*** IRELAND,** JAMAICA,*** JAPAN,** KENYA,*** LUXEMBOURG,*** MALAWI,** MALI,*** MALTA,** MEXICO,** MOROCCO,** NETHERLANDS,*** NORWAY,* PAKISTAN,*** PARAGUAY,*** PHILIPPINES,** REPUBLIC OF KOREA,* ROMANIA,* RUSSIAN FEDERATION,* SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES,* SAUDI ARABIA,*** SUDAN,** TOGO,** TURKEY,** TURKMENISTAN,*** UKRAINE,*** UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND,* UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,*** URUGUAY,** VENEZUELA (BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF),* and YEMEN.* ___________________ * Term of office expires on 31 December 2019. ** Term of office expires on 31 December 2020. *** Term of office expires on 31 December 2021. (See A/72/845, A/72/870, A/72/PV.96)

At its 111th plenary meeting, on 10 August 2018, the General Assembly approved the proposal of the appointment by the Secretary-General of Ms. Michelle Bachelet (Chile) as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights for a four-year term of office of four years beginning on 1 September 2018 and expiring on 31 August 2022.

At its 1st plenary meeting, on 15 September 2017, the General Assembly decided to authorize those subsidiary organs of the Assembly listed in the letter dated 5 September 2017 from the Chair of the Committee on Conferences, namely the Committee on Relations with the Host Country, the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, the Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme/United Nations Population Fund/United Nations Office for Project Services, the Executive Board of the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Independent Audit Advisory Committee and the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court to meet during the main part of the seventy-second session of the Assembly. (See A/72/376, A/72/PV.1)

At its 2nd plenary meeting, on 15 September 2017, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the General Committee as set forth in its first report, adopted a number of provisions concerning the organization of the seventy-second session. (See A/72/250; A/72/PV.2)

At its 2nd plenary meeting, on 15 September 2017, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the General Committee as set forth in its first report, and taking note that, pursuant to resolution 57/301 of 13 March 2003, the general debate would begin on Tuesday, 19 September 2017, decided that the general debate would continue on Saturday, 23 September 2017, in order to maximize the number of speakers during that week. (See A/72/250, para.31; A/72/PV.2)

A. At its 2nd plenary meeting, on 15 September 2017, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the General Committee as set forth in its first report, adopted the agenda and the allocation of agenda items for the seventy-second session. At the same meeting, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the General Committee as set forth in its first report, decided to include in the agenda of its seventy-second session the item entitled “Question of the Comorian island of Mayotte” under heading B (Maintenance of international peace and security), on the understanding that there would be no consideration of this item by the General Assembly until further notice. Also at the same meeting, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the General Committee as set forth in its first report, decided to defer consideration of the item entitled “Question of the Malagasy islands of Glorieuses, Juan de Nova, Europa and Sassas da India” and to include it in the provisional agenda of its seventy-third session. Also at the same meeting, the General Assembly, by a recorded vote of 113 to 21, with 17 abstentions, on the recommendation of the General Committee as set forth in its first report, decided to include in the agenda of its seventy-second session the item entitled “The responsibility to protect and the prevention of genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity” under heading I (Organizational, administrative and other matters). At its 34th plenary meeting, on 26 October, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the General Committee as set forth in its second report, decided to include in the agenda of its seventy-second session an additional sub-item entitled “Confirmation of the appointment of members of the Investments Committee” as sub-item (j) of agenda item 115 entitled “Appointments to fill vacancies in subsidiary organs and other appointments”, under heading I (Organizational, administrative and other matters), and to allocate it to the Fifth Committee. Also at the same meeting, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the General Committee as set forth in its second report, decided to include in the agenda of its seventy-second session an additional item entitled “Observer status for the Fund for the Development of the Indigenous Peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean in the General Assembly” as agenda item 175, under heading I (Organizational, administrative and other matters), and to allocate it to the Sixth Committee. Also at the same meeting, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the General Committee as set forth in its second report, decided to include in the agenda of its seventy-second session an additional item entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and regional and other organizations: cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation” as agenda item 176, under heading I (Organizational, administrative and other matters), and to consider it directly in plenary meeting. Also at the same meeting, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the General Committee as set forth in its second report, decided to include in the agenda of its seventy-second session an additional item entitled “Impact of exponential technological change on sustainable development and peace” as agenda item 177, under heading I (Organizational, administrative and other matters), and to consider it directly in plenary meeting. (See A/72/250, A/72/PV.2; A/72/250/Add.1, A/72/PV.34) B. At its 80th meeting, on 26 March 2018, the General Assembly decided to reopen consideration of sub-item (cc) entitled “Follow-up to the 2013 high-level meeting of the General Assembly on nuclear disarmament” of agenda item 99 entitled “General and complete disarmament” under heading G (Disarmament), to consider it directly in plenary meeting and to proceed expeditiously with the consideration of a draft decision (A/72/L.44). At its 82nd meeting, on 12 April 2018, the General Assembly decided to reopen consideration of agenda item 11 entitled “Sport for development and peace: building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic ideal” under heading A (Promotion of sustained economic growth and sustainable development in accordance with the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly and recent United Nations conferences) and to proceed expeditiously with the consideration of a draft resolution (A/72/L.43). At the same meeting, the General Assembly decided to consider directly in plenary meeting agenda item 19 entitled “Sustainable development” under heading A (Promotion of sustained economic growth and sustainable development in accordance with the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly and recent United Nations conferences) and to proceed expeditiously with the consideration of a draft resolution (A/72/L.43). At its 91st plenary meeting on 31 May 2018, the General Assembly decided to consider directly in plenary meeting sub-item (a) entitled “Operational activities for development of the United Nations system” of agenda item 24 entitled “Operational activities for development” under heading A (Promotion of sustained economic growth and sustainable development in accordance with the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly and recent United Nations conferences) and to proceed expeditiously with the consideration of a draft resolution (A/72/L.52). At its 97th plenary meeting on 22 June 2018, the General Assembly decided to reopen consideration of sub-item (c) entitled “Election of five members of the International Court of Justice” of agenda item 113 entitled “Elections to fill vacancies in principal organs” under heading I (Organizational, administrative and other matters) and to proceed expeditiously with the election to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of a member of the Court (A/72/872). At its 106th plenary meeting on 13 July 2018, the General Assembly decided to reopen consideration of sub-item (d) entitled “Election of fifteen members of the Human Rights Council” of agenda item 114 entitled “Elections to fill vacancies in subsidiary organs and other elections” under heading I (Organizational, administrative and other matters) and to proceed expeditiously with the election to fill the vacancy caused by the withdrawal by a member of the Council (A/72/872). At its 107th plenary meeting on 23 July 2018, the General Assembly decided to reopen consideration of sub-item (a) entitled “Appointment of members of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions” of agenda item 115 entitled “Appointments to fill vacancies in subsidiary organs and other appointments” under heading I (Organizational, administrative and other matters), to consider it directly in plenary meeting and to proceed expeditiously with the appointment to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of a member of the Committee (A/72/924). At its 112th plenary meeting, on 6 September 2018, the General Assembly decided to consider directly in plenary meeting agenda item 99 entitled “General and complete disarmament” under heading G (Disarmament), in order to proceed with the high-level meeting to commemorate and promote the International Day against Nuclear Tests. (See A/72/PV.80, A/72/PV.82, A/72/PV.91, A/72/PV.97, A/72/PV.106, A/72/PV.107, A/72/PV.112)

At its 28th plenary meeting, on 3 October 2017, the General Assembly took note of the report of the Secretary-General on the work of the Organization. (See A/72/1; A/72/PV.28)

At its 29th plenary meeting, on 9 October 2017, the General Assembly took note of the report of the Economic and Social Council. (See A/72/3; A/72/PV.29)

At its 32nd plenary meeting, on 18 October 2017, the General Assembly took note of the twenty-fourth and final annual report of the International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991. (See A/72/266, A/72/PV.32)

At its 32nd plenary meeting, on 18 October 2017, the General Assembly took note of the fifth annual report of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals. (See A/72/261, A/72/PV.32)

At its 35nd plenary meeting, on 26 October 2017, the General Assembly took note of the report of the International Court of Justice. (See A/72/4, A/71/PV.35)

At its 48th plenary meeting, on 13 November 2017, the General Assembly decided, without setting a precedent, to invite Ms. Kim Yuna, Olympic gold medalist in figure skating and Goodwill Ambassador for the 2018 PyeongChang Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, to make a statement at the plenary meeting. (See A/71/PV.48)

At its 62nd plenary meeting, on 4 December 2017, the General Assembly took note of the report of the First Committee. (See A/72/399, A/72/PV.62)

At its 62nd plenary meeting, on 4 December 2017, the General Assembly, by a recorded vote of 185 to none, with one abstention,* on the recommendation of the First Committee, decided to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-third session the item entitled “Developments in the field of information and telecommunications in the context of international security”. * The voting was as follows: In favour: 851 Against: none Abstaining: 1 (See A/72/404, A/72/PV.62)

At its 62nd plenary meeting, on 4 December 2017, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the First Committee, recalling its resolution 71/259 of 23 December 2016 and previous resolutions on this matter, decided: (a) To welcome the commencement of the work of the high-level fissile material cut-off treaty expert preparatory group tasked with making recommendations on substantial elements of a future non-discriminatory, multilateral and internationally and effectively verifiable treaty banning the production of fissile material for nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices, on the basis of document CD/1299 and the mandate contained therein, and examining, with a view to making possible recommendations, the report of the Group of Governmental Experts mandated pursuant to resolution 67/53 of 3 December 2012, as contained in document A/70/81, as well as the views submitted by Member States as contained in documents A/68/154, A/68/154/Add.1, A/71/140/Rev.1 and A/71/140/Rev.1/Add.1; (b) To welcome the first informal open-ended consultative meeting in New York, which was open-ended so that all Member States could engage in interactive discussions and share their views on a treaty banning the production of fissile material for nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices; (c) To welcome the informal discussions in the Conference on Disarmament on a treaty banning the production of fissile material for nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices; (d) To include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-third session, under the item entitled “General and complete disarmament”, the sub-item entitled “Treaty banning the production of fissile material for nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices”. (See A/72/409, para. 85, draft decision I, A/72/PV.62)

At its 62nd plenary meeting, on 4 December 2017, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the First Committee, recalling its resolution 71/67 of 5 December 2016, decided to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-third session, under the item entitled “General and complete disarmament”, the sub-item entitled “Nuclear disarmament verification”. (See A/72/409, para. 85, draft decision II, A/72/PV.62)

At its 62nd plenary meeting, on 4 December 2017, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the First Committee, recalling its resolutions 62/31 of 5 December 2007, 64/39 of 2 December 2009, 66/43 of 2 December 2011, 68/49 of 5 December 2013 and 70/60 of 7 December 2015, entitled “Treaty on the South-East Asia Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone (Bangkok Treaty)”, decided to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-fourth session, under the item entitled “General and complete disarmament”, the sub-item entitled “Treaty on the South-East Asia Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone (Bangkok Treaty)”. (See A/72/409, para. 85, draft decision III; A/72/PV.62)

At its 62nd plenary meeting, on 4 December 2017, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the First Committee, approved the provisional programme of work and timetable of the Committee for 2017, as set out in the annex to the report of the Committee. (See A/72/478; A/72/PV.62)

At its 62nd plenary meeting, on 4 December 2017, the General Assembly took note of the report of the First Committee. (See A/72/483, A/72/PV.62)

At its 66th plenary meeting, on 7 December 2017, the General Assembly, noting that, in accordance with the agreement reached by the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space at its forty-sixth session on the measures relating to the future composition of the bureaux of the Committee and its subsidiary bodies, on the basis of the measures relating to the working methods of the Committee and its subsidiary bodies, the African States, the Asia-Pacific States, the Eastern European States, the Latin American and Caribbean States and the Western European and other States had nominated their candidates for the offices of Chair of the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee, First Vice-Chair of the Committee, Chair of the Legal Subcommittee, Chair of the Committee and Second Vice-Chair/Rapporteur of the Committee, respectively, for the period 2018–2019, endorsed the composition of the bureaux of the Committee and its subsidiary bodies for the period 2018–2019, and agreed that the Committee and its subsidiary bodies, at their respective sessions in 2018, shall elect their officers nominated for that period. (See A/72/446, para. 20; A/72/PV.66)

At its 66th plenary meeting, on 7 December 2017, the General Assembly took note of the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee). (See A/72/449; A/72/PV.66)

At its 66th plenary meeting, on 7 December 2017, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee), recalling its decision 71/521 of 6 December 2016: (a) Urged the Governments of Spain and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, while listening to the interests and aspirations of Gibraltar that were legitimate under international law, to reach, in the spirit of the Brussels Declaration of 27 November 1984, a definitive solution to the question of Gibraltar, in the light of the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly and applicable principles, and in the spirit of the Charter of the United Nations; (b) Took note of the position of Spain on this issue, including its proposal to start new discussions on the basis of the Brussels Declaration, and also took note of Spain’s presentation of a co-sovereignty offer before the Special Political and Decolonization Committee, on 4 October 2016; (c) Took note of the position of the United Kingdom on this issue, that is, the commitment never to enter into arrangements under which the people of Gibraltar would pass under the sovereignty of another State against their freely and democratically expressed wishes, nor enter into a process of sovereignty negotiations with which Gibraltar was not content; (d) Took note of the desire of the United Kingdom to continue with the trilateral Forum for Dialogue; (e) Took note of the position of Spain that the trilateral Forum for Dialogue did not exist any longer and should be replaced with a new mechanism for local cooperation in which the people of the Campo de Gibraltar and Gibraltar were represented; (f) Encouraged the United Kingdom and Spain to engage in a constructive and responsive manner, with all relevant and appropriate parties, in order to find common solutions and make progress on issues of mutual benefit. (See A/72/456, para. 44; A/72/PV.66)

At its 66th plenary meeting, on 7 December 2017, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee), approved the proposed programme of work and timetable of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) for the seventy-third session of the Assembly, as set out in the report of the Committee. (See A/72/481, A/72/PV.66)

At its 66th plenary meeting, on 7 December 2017, the General Assembly took note of the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee). (See A/72/486, A/72/PV.66)

At its 67th plenary meeting, on 7 December 2017, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Sixth Committee, decided to defer a decision on the request for observer status for the Cooperation Council of Turkic-speaking States in the Assembly until the seventy-third session of the Assembly. (See A/72/470, para. 8; A/72/PV.67)

At its 67th plenary meeting, on 7 December 2017, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Sixth Committee, decided to defer a decision on the request for observer status for the Eurasian Economic Union in the Assembly until the seventy-third session of the Assembly. (See A/72/471, para. 8; A/72/PV.67)

At its 67th plenary meeting, on 7 December 2017, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Sixth Committee, decided to defer a decision on the request for observer status for the Community of Democracies in the Assembly until the seventy-third session of the Assembly. (See A/72/472, para. 8; A/72/PV.67)

At its 67th plenary meeting, on 7 December 2017, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Sixth Committee, decided to defer a decision on the request for observer status for the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands Secretariat in the Assembly until the seventy-third session of the Assembly. (See A/72/476, para. 8; A/72/PV.67)

At its 67th plenary meeting, on 7 December 2017, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Sixth Committee, decided to defer a decision on the request for observer status for the Global Environment Facility in the Assembly until the seventy-third session of the Assembly. (See A/72/477, para. 8; A/72/PV.67)

At its 67th plenary meeting, on 7 December 2017, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Sixth Committee, noted that the Committee had decided to adopt the following provisional programme of work for the seventy-third session of the Assembly, as proposed by the Bureau: Provisional programme of work 3 October Organization of work of the Sixth Committee 3-5 October Measures to eliminate international terrorism 5 October Criminal accountability of United Nations officials and experts on mission 8 and 9 October The rule of law at the national and international levels 9 October The scope and application of the principle of universal jurisdiction 10 October Administration of justice at the United Nations 12 October Report of the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization Request(s) for observer status 15 October Report of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law on the work of its fifty-first session 15 and 16 October Status of the Protocols Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and relation to the protection of victims of armed conflicts 16 October Consideration of effective measures to enhance the protection, security and safety of diplomatic and consular missions and representatives 19 October United Nations Programme of Assistance in the Teaching, Study, Dissemination and Wider Appreciation of International Law 22-26 and 30 and Report of the International Law Commission on the work of its seventieth session 31 October 1 November Protection of persons in the event of disasters 2 November Report of the Committee on Relations with the Host Country 6 November Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly 13 November Programme planning Election of the officers of the Main Committees 12 and 18 October Reserved (See A/72/482, para 6; A/72/PV.67)

At its 67th meeting, on 7 December 2017, the General Assembly took note of the report of the Sixth Committee. (A/72/487, A/72/PV.67)

At its 73rd meeting, on 19 December 2017, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Third Committee, took note of the note by the Secretariat transmitting an overview of the report entitled “World Social Situation 2017: promoting inclusion through social protection” submitted under the item entitled “Social development”. (See A/72/431, para. 40; A/72/PV.73)

At its 73rd meeting, on 19 December 2017, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Third Committee, decided to take note of the following documents under the item “Advancement of women”: (a) Report of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women; (b) Report of the Secretary-General on the status of the Convention on the elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. (See A/72/432, para. 21, A/72/PV.73)

At its 73rd meeting, on 19 December 2017, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Third Committee, took note of the following documents submitted under the item entitled “Elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance”: (a) Report of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on its ninetieth, ninety-first and ninety-second sessions; (b) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance. (See A/72/437, para. 27; A/72/PV.73)

At its 73rd meeting, on 19 December 2017, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Third Committee, took note of the following documents submitted under the item entitled “Promotion and protection of human rights”: Under item 72: (a) Report of the Human Rights Committee on its 117th, 118th and 119th sessions; Under sub-item 72 (a): (a) Report of the Committee against Torture on its fifty-eighth, fifty-ninth and sixtieth sessions; (b) Report of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on its thirteenth, fourteenth, fifteenth and sixteenths sessions; (c) Report of the Committee on Enforced Disappearances on its eleventh and twelfth sessions; (d) Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations voluntary trust fund on contemporary forms of slavery; (e) Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture; (f) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the tenth annual report of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment; (g) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the annual report of the Chairs of the human rights treaty bodies on their 29th meeting; (h) Note by the Secretariat on the Special Fund established by the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment; Under sub-item 72 (b): (a) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, and on the right to non-discrimination in this context; (b) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism; (c) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; (d) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health; (e) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery; including its causes and consequences; (f) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers; (g) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Independent Expert on the effects of foreign debt and other related international financial obligations of States on the full enjoyment of all human rights, particularly economic, social and cultural rights; (h) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights; (i) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises; (j) Note by the Secretariat on the report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to development; (k) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the joint report of the Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material, and the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children; (l) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Independent Expert on human rights and international solidarity; (m) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity; (n) Note by the Secretariat on the report of the Secretary-General on the right to development; (o) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons; (p) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions; (q) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression; (r) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights; (s) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism; (t) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to education; (u) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights; (v) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence; (w) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy; Under sub-item 72 (c): (a) Note by the Secretariat on the report of the Commission of Inquiry on Burundi; (b) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus; (c) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967; Under sub-item 72 (d): Note by the Secretariat on the report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. (See A/72/439 para. 10, A/72/PV.73)

At its 73rd meeting, on 19 December 2017, the General Assembly took note of the report of the Third Committee. (See A/72/439/Add.4; A/72/PV.73)

At its 73rd meeting, on 19 December 2017, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Third Committee, took note of the note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime on its eighth session, held in Vienna from 17 to 21 October 2016, submitted under the item entitled “Crime prevention and criminal justice”. (See A/72/440, para. 21; A/72/PV.73)

At its 73rd meeting, on 19 December 2017, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Third Committee, approved the programme of work of the Third Committee for the seventy-third session of the Assembly as set out below: Item 1. Social development: (a) Implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development and of the twenty-fourth special session of the General Assembly; (b) Social development, including questions relating to the world social situation and to youth, ageing, disabled persons and the family. Item 2. Crime prevention and criminal justice. Item 3. International drug control. Item 4. Advancement of women. Item 5. Promotion and protection of the rights of children: (a) Promotion and protection of the rights of children; (b) Follow-up to the outcome of the special session on children. Item 6. Rights of indigenous peoples: (a) Rights of indigenous peoples; (b) Follow-up to the outcome document of the high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly known as the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples. Item 7. Promotion and protection of human rights: (a) Implementation of human rights instruments; (b) Human rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms; (c) Human rights situations and reports of special rapporteurs and representatives; (d) Comprehensive implementation of and follow-up to the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action. Item 8. Elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance: (a) Elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance; (b) Comprehensive implementation of and follow-up to the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action. Item 9. Rights of peoples to self-determination. Item 10. Report of the Human Rights Council. Item 11. Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, questions relation to refugees, returnees and displaced persons and humanitarian questions. Item 12. Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly. (See A/72/480, para. 5; A/72/PV.73)

At its 73rd meeting, on 19 December 2017, the General Assembly took note of the report of the Third Committee. (See A/72/485; A/72/PV.73)

At its 74th meeting, on 20 December 2017, the General Assembly took note of the report of the Second Committee. (See A/72/418; A/72/PV.74)

At its 74th meeting, on 20 December 2017, the General Assembly took note of the report of the Second Committee. (See A/72/422; A/72/PV.74)

At its 74th meeting, on 20 December 2017, the General Assembly took note of the report of the Second Committee. (See A/72/473; A/72/PV.74)

At its 74th meeting, on 20 December 2017, the General Assembly took note of the report of the Second Committee. (See A/72/424; A/72/PV.74)

At its 74th meeting, on 20 December 2017, the General Assembly took note of the report of the Second Committee. (See A/72/425; A/72/PV.74)

At its 74th meeting, on 20 December 2017, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Second Committee, recalling its resolution 70/224 of 22 December 2015: (a) Took note of the report of the Secretary-General on enhanced cooperation between the United Nations and all relevant partners, in particular the private sector; (b) Requested the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its seventy-third session an update of the report on enhanced cooperation between the United Nations and all relevant partners, in particular the private sector; (c) Decided to defer, on an exceptional basis, the consideration of the item entitled “Towards global partnerships” and to include it in the provisional agenda of its seventy-third session. (See A/72/427, para. 8; A/72/PV.74)

At its 74th meeting, on 20 December 2017, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Second Committee, approved the programme of work of the Second Committee for the seventy-third session of the General Assembly as set out below: 1. Information and communications technologies for sustainable development. 2. Macroeconomic policy questions: (a) International trade and development; (b) International financial system and development; (c) External debt sustainability and development; (d) Promotion of international cooperation to combat illicit financial flows and strengthen good practices on assets return to foster sustainable development. 3. Follow-up to and implementation of the outcomes of the International Conferences on Financing for Development. 4. Sustainable development: (a) Implementation of Agenda 21, the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21 and the outcomes of the World Summit on Sustainable Development and of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development; (b) Follow-up to and implementation of the SIDS Accelerated Modalities of Action (SAMOA) Pathway and the Mauritius Strategy for the Further Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States; (c) Disaster risk reduction; (d) Protection of global climate for present and future generations of humankind; (e) Implementation of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa; (f) Convention on Biological Diversity; (g) Report of the United Nations Environment Assembly of the United Nations Environment Programme; (h) Harmony with Nature; (i) Ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all; (j) Combating sand and dust storms. 5. Implementation of the outcomes of the United Nations Conferences on Human Settlements and on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development and strengthening of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat). 6. Globalization and interdependence: (a) Globalization and interdependence; (b) International migration and development. 7. Groups of countries in special situations: (a) Follow-up to the Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries; (b) Follow-up to the second United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries. 8. Eradication of poverty and other development issues: (a) Implementation of the Third United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (2018-2027); (b) Industrial development cooperation. 9. Operational activities for development: (a) Operational activities for development of the United Nations system; (b) South-South cooperation for development. 10. Agriculture development, food security and nutrition. 11. Towards global partnerships. 12. Permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and of the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan over their natural resources. (See A/72/479, para. 5; A/72/PV.74)

At its 74th meeting, on 20 December 2017, the General Assembly took note of the report of the Second Committee. (See A/72/484, A/72/PV.74)

At its 76th meeting, on 24 December 2017, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Fifth Committee, took note of the report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Office for Partnerships. (See A/72/668, para. 9; A/72/PV.76)

A. At its 76th meeting, on 24 December 2017, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Fifth Committee, Section A Decided to defer consideration of the following documents: Item 136 Proposed programme budget for the biennium 2018-2019 Proposed regional restructuring of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Report of the Secretary-General on the proposed regional restructuring of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights: increasing efficiency and effectiveness in the implementation of General Assembly resolution 48/141 Related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative Section B Decided to defer until the first part of its resumed seventy-second session consideration of the following documents: Item 136 Proposed programme budget for the biennium 2018-2019 Review of the experience of the utilization of the contingency fund Report of the Secretary-General on the review of the experience of the utilization of the contingency fund Related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions Section C Decided to defer until the main part of its seventy-third session consideration of the following documents: Item 135 Programme budget for the biennium 2016-2017 Capital master plan Fifteenth annual progress report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the capital master plan Report of the Board of Auditors on the capital master plan for the year ended 31 December 2016 Report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the recommendations of the Board of Auditors contained in its report for the year ended 31 December 2016 on the United Nations and on the capital master plan Related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions Fourteenth annual progress report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the capital master plan Report of the Board of Auditors on the capital master plan Report of the Secretary-General on the implementation f the recommendations of the Board of Auditors contained in its report on the capital master plan for the year ended 31 December 2015 Related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions Item 136 Proposed programme budget for the biennium 2018-2019 Estimates in respect of special political missions, good offices and other political initiatives authorized by the General Assembly and/or the Security Council Report of the Secretary-General on the review of arrangements for funding and backstopping special political missions Related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (See A/72/682, Para. 2; A/72/PV.76) B. At its 81st meeting, on 4 April 2018, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Fifth Committee, decided to defer until the main part of its seventy-third session consideration of the following documents: Item 136 Programme budget for the biennium 2018–2019 Review of the experience of the utilization of the contingency fund Report of the Secretary-General on the review of the experience of the utilization of the contingency fund Related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (See A/72/682/Add.1, para. 5; A/72/PV.81) C. At its 104th plenary meeting, on 5 July 2018, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Fifth Committee, decided to defer until the second part of its resumed seventy-third session consideration of the following documents: Item 149 Administrative and budgetary aspects of the financing of the United Nations peacekeeping operations Closed peacekeeping missions Report of the Secretary-General on the updated financial position of closed peacekeeping missions as at 30 June 2017 Related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions Report of the Secretary-General on the updated financial position of closed peacekeeping missions as at 30 June 2016 Related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions Report of the Secretary-General on the updated financial position of closed peacekeeping missions as at 30 June 2015 Related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions Report of the Secretary-General on the updated financial position of closed peacekeeping missions as at 30 June 2014 Related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions Report of the Secretary-General on the updated financial position of closed peacekeeping missions as at 30 June 2013 Related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions Report of the Secretary-General on the updated financial position of closed peacekeeping missions as at 30 June 2012 Related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions Report of the Secretary-General on the updated financial position of closed peacekeeping missions as at 30 June 2011 Related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (See A/72/682/Add.2, para. 11; A/72/PV.104)

At its 76th plenary meeting, on 24 December 2017, the General Assembly, apart from organizational matters and items that may have to be considered by operation of the rules of procedure of the Assembly, decided that the following agenda items remained for consideration during its seventy-second session: Item 9. Report of the Economic and Social Council. Item 10. Implementation of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and the political declaration on HIV/AIDS. Item 11. Sport for development and peace: building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic ideal. Item 12. Improving global road safety. Item 13. 2001-2010: Decade to Roll Back Malaria in Developing Countries, Particularly in Africa. Item 14. Integrated and coordinated implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of the major United Nations conferences and summits in the economic, social and related fields. Item 15. Culture of peace. Item 19. Sustainable development: (b) Follow-up to and implementation of the SIDS Accelerated Modalities of Action (SAMOA) Pathway and the Mauritius strategy for the Further Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States. Item 22. Groups of countries in special situations. (b) Follow-up to the second United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries Item 24. Operational activities for development: (a) Operational activities for development of the United Nations system; (b) South-South cooperation for development. Item 29. Report of the Security Council. Item 30. Report of the Peacebuilding Commission. Item 31. Elimination of unilateral extraterritorial coercive economic measures as a means of political and economic compulsion. Item 32. Support by the United Nations system of the efforts of Governments to promote and consolidate new or restored democracies. Item 33. The role of diamonds in fuelling conflict. Item 34. Prevention of armed conflict: (a) Prevention of armed conflict; (b) Strengthening the role of mediation in the peaceful settlement of disputes, conflict prevention and resolution. Item 35. Protracted conflicts in the GUAM area and their implications for international peace, security and development. Item 36. Zone of peace and cooperation of the South Atlantic. Item 37. The situation in the Middle East. Item 38. Question of Palestine. Item 40. The situation in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan. Item 41. Question of the Comorian island of Mayotte. Item 43. The situation in Central America: progress in fashioning a region of peace, freedom, democracy and development. Item 44. Question of Cyprus. Item 45. Armed aggression against the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Item 46. Question of the Falkland Islands (Malvinas). Item 47. The situation of democracy and human rights in Haiti. Item 48. Armed Israeli aggression against the Iraqi nuclear installations and its grave consequences for the established international system concerning the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons and international peace and security. Item 49. Consequences of the Iraqi occupation of and aggression against Kuwait. Item 55. Comprehensive review of the whole question of peacekeeping operations in all their aspects. Item 65. Peacebuilding and sustaining peace. Item 66. New Partnership for Africa’s Development: progress in implementation and international support: (a) New Partnership for Africa’s Development: progress in implementation and international support; (b) Causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa. Item 70. Elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophoba and related intolerance. Item 72. Promotion and protection of human rights: (c) Human rights situations and reports of special rapporteurs and representatives. Item 73. Strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance of the United Nations, including special economic assistance: (a) Strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations; (b) Assistance to the Palestinian people; (c) Special economic assistance to individual countries or regions. Item 88. Request for an advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the legal consequences of the separation of the Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius in 1965. Item 107. Crime prevention and criminal justice. Item 111. Report of the Secretary-General on the Peacebuilding Fund. Item 112. Notification by the Secretary-General under Article 12, paragraph 2, of the Charter of the United Nations. Item 113. Elections to fill vacancies in principal organs: (a) Election of five non-permanent members of the Security Council; (b) Election of eighteen members of the Economic and Social Council. Item 114. Elections to fill vacancies in subsidiary organs and other elections: (a) Election of twenty members of the Committee for Programme and Coordination; (b) Election of the Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme. Item 115. Appointments to fill vacancies in subsidiary organs and other appointments: (f) Appointment of members of the Committee on Conferences; (g) Appointment of members of the Board of the 10-year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns; (h) Approval of the appointment of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. Item 116. Admission of new Members to the United Nations. Item 117. Follow-up to the outcome of the Millennium Summit. Item 118. The United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy. Item 119. Commemoration of the abolition of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade. Item 120. Implementation of the resolutions of the United Nations. Item 121. Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly Item 122. Question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and other matters related to the Security Council. Item 123. Strengthening of the United Nations system. Item 124. United Nations reform: measures and proposals. Item 125. Cooperation between the United Nations and regional and other organizations: cooperation between the United Nations and the African Union. Item 126. Interaction between the United Nations, national parliaments and the Inter-Parliamentary Union. Item 127. Global health and foreign policy. Item 128. International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991. Item 130. Investigation into the conditions and circumstances resulting in the tragic death of Dag Hammarskjöld and of the members of the party accompanying him. Item 131. Sexual exploitation and abuse: implementing a zero-tolerance policy. Item 132. The responsibility to protect and the prevention of genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity. Item 133. Financial reports and audited financial statements, and reports of the Board of Auditors. Item 134. Review of the efficiency of the administrative and financial functioning of the United Nations. Item 135. Programme budget for the biennium 2016-2017. Item 136. Proposed programme budget for the biennium 2018-2019. Item 137. Programme planning. Item 138. Improving the financial situation of the United Nations. Item 139. Pattern of conferences. Item 140. Scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of the United Nations. Item 141. Human resources management. Item 142. Joint Inspection Unit. Item 143. United Nations common system. Item 144. Administrative and budgetary coordination of the United Nations with the specialized agencies and the International Atomic Energy Agency. Item 145. Report on the activities of the Office of Internal Oversight Services. Item 146. Administration of justice at the United Nations. Item 147. Financing of the International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991. Item 148. Financing of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals. Item 149. Administrative and budgetary aspects of the financing of the United Nations peacekeeping operations. Item 150. Financing of the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei. Item 151. Financing of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic. Item 152. Financing of the United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire. Item 153. Financing of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus. Item 154. Financing of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Item 155. Financing of the United Nations Mission in East Timor. Item 156. Financing of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti. Item 157. Financing of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo. Item 158. Financing of the United Nations Mission in Liberia. Item 159. Financing of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali. Item 160. Financing of the United Nations peacekeeping forces in the Middle East: (a) United Nations Disengagement Observer Force; (b) United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon. Item 161. Financing of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan. Item 162. Financing of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara. Item 163. Financing of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur. Item 164. Financing of the activities arising from Security Council resolution 1863 (2009). Item 165. Financing of the United Nations Mission for Justice Support in Haiti. (See A/72/PV.76)

At its 77th meeting, on 26 January 2018, the General Assembly took note of the solemn appeal made by the President of the Assembly in connection with the observance of the Olympic Truce. (See A/72/200, A/72/PV.77)

At its 77th meeting, on 26 January 2018, the General Assembly, on the proposal of Algeria, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Israel, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Monaco, Morocco, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Philippines, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Togo, Turkey, Uganda, Viet Nam and Zambia (A/72/L.31 and Add.1), recalling its resolution 58/234 of 23 December 2003, and bearing in mind that, since 2004, 7 April has been observed in the United Nations as the International Day of Reflection on the Genocide in Rwanda, recalling also Security Council resolution 955 (1994) of 8 November 1994 concerning the establishment of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Genocide and Other Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of Rwanda and Rwandan Citizens Responsible for Genocide and Other Such Violations Committed in the Territory of Neighbouring States between 1 January and 31 December 1994, recalling further that the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda issued, on 16 June 2006, a judicial notice concluding that it was a “fact of common knowledge” that “between 6 April and 17 July 1994, there was a genocide in Rwanda against the Tutsi ethnic group”, recalling that more than a million people were killed during the genocide, including Hutu and others who opposed it, and noting with concern any form of denial of that genocide, recalling Security Council resolution 2150 (2014) of 16 April 2014, recognizing the importance of combating impunity for all violations that constitute the crime of genocide, decided to designate 7 April as the International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda; and recalled that, during the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi, Hutu and others who opposed it were also killed. (See A/72/L.31 and Add.1; A/72/PV.77)

At its 79th meeting, on 20 March 2018, the General Assembly, in accordance with paragraph 26 of resolution 72/157 of 19 December 2017, decided, without setting a precedent, to invite Ms. Tendayi Achiume, Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance; and Ms. Gay McDougall, member of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, to make statements at the commemorative meeting. (See A/72/PV.79)

At its 80th meeting, on 26 March 2018, the General Assembly decided, without setting a precedent, to invite Ms. Graciela Dixon, former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Panama, to make a keynote statement at the commemorative meeting of the General Assembly on the occasion of the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade. (See A/72/PV.80)

At its 80th meeting, on 26 March 2018, the General Assembly, on the proposal of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, recalling its resolution 72/251 of 24 December 2017, in which it had decided that the United Nations high-level international conference on nuclear disarmament should include a one-day organizational meeting, to be held in New York on 28 March 2018, decided to postpone the one-day organizational meeting of the conference to 10 May 2018. (See A/72/L.44, A/72/PV.80)

At its 82nd meeting, on 12 April 2018, the General Assembly, taking note of the note by the Secretary-General on the preparatory process of the second High-level United Nations Conference on South-South Cooperation, and recalling its resolution 71/318 of 28 August 2017, entitled “Second High-level United Nations Conference on South-South Cooperation”, decided: (a) That the overarching theme of the Conference shall be “Role of South-South cooperation and the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: challenges and opportunities”; (b) That the sub-themes of the Conference shall be: (i) Comparative advantages and opportunities of South-South cooperation; (ii) Challenges and the strengthening of the institutional framework of South-South cooperation and triangular cooperation; (iii) Sharing of experiences, best practices and success stories; (iv) Scaling up the means of implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in support of South-South cooperation and triangular cooperation. (See A/72/L.47, A/72/PV.82)

At its 83rd meeting, on 24 April 2018, the General Assembly decided, without setting a precedent, to invite Ms. Michelle Yeoh, Actress, Producer and United Nations Development Programme Goodwill Ambassador; Mr. Ishmael Beah, United Nations International Children's Fund Advocate for Children Affected by War; Ms. Joy Onyesoh, President of Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom in Nigeria; and Ms. Jayathma Wichramanayake, Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth to make statements at the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on “Peacebuilding and sustaining peace”. (See A/72/PV.83)

At its 87th meeting, on 26 April, the General Assembly, on the proposal of Indonesia, recalling its resolution 72/251 of 24 December 2017, in which it had decided to convene, from 14 to 16 May 2018, the United Nations high-level international conference on nuclear disarmament, including a one-day organizational meeting to be held on 28 March 2018, and its decision 72/553 of 26 March 2018, in which it had decided to postpone the one-day organizational meeting to 10 May 2018, decided to postpone the conference and its one-day organizational meeting until a date to be decided by the Assembly. (See A/72/L.50; A/72/PV.87)

At its 104th plenary meeting on 29 June 2018 the General Assembly, on the Proposal of its President: (a) Decided to reaffirm the central role of the General Assembly concerning the question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and other matters related to the Security Council; (b) Also decided to immediately continue intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council reform in informal plenary of the General Assembly at its seventy-third session, as mandated by Assembly decisions 62/557 of 15 September 2008, 63/565 B of 14 September 2009, 64/568 of 13 September 2010, 65/554 of 12 September 2011, 66/566 of 13 September 2012, 67/561 of 29 August 2013, 68/557 of 8 September 2014, 69/560 of 14 September 2015, 70/559 of 27 July 2016 and 71/553 of 19 July 2017, building on the informal meetings held during its seventy-second session and on the revised elements of commonality and issues for further consideration, circulated on 14 June 2018, as well as the positions of and proposals made by Member States, reflected in the text and its annex circulated on 31 July 2015, and using the elements of convergence circulated on 12 July 2016 and the elements of commonality and issues for further consideration circulated on 27 June 2017 to help inform its future work, while welcoming the active engagement, initiatives and intensive efforts of the President of the General Assembly, and noting with appreciation the active role and concrete efforts of the Co-Chairs undertaken in a consultative manner with a view to an early comprehensive reform of the Security Council; (c) Decided to convene the Open-ended Working Group on the Question of Equitable Representation on and Increase in the Membership of the Security Council and Other Matters related to the Security Council during the seventy-third session of the General Assembly, if Member States so decide; (d) Decided to include in the agenda of the seventy-third session of the General Assembly the item entitled "Question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and other matters related to the Security Council". (See A/72/PV.104)

At its 104th plenary meeting, on 5 July 2018, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Fifth Committee, decided that all resolutions relating to the peacekeeping budget and special political missions adopted at its 104th meeting, on 5 July 2018, under agenda items 136, 149 to 154 and 156 to 165, would be effective as from 1 July 2018. (See A/72/917, para. 13; A/72/PV.104)

At its 110th plenary meeting, on 6 August 2018, the General Assembly, on the proposal of its President, decided to transmit the draft decision contained in the annex to the present decision to the General Assembly at its seventy-third session for action. Annex Draft decision submitted by the President of the General Assembly High-level meetings of the General Assembly in September 2019 The General Assembly, recalling its resolutions 67/290 of 9 July 2013, 69/313 of 27 July 2015, 70/1 of 25 September 2015, 70/299 of 29 July 2016, 71/225 of 21 December 2016, 72/139 of 12 December 2017 and 72/251 of 24 December 2017, and recalling also its resolution 57/301 of 13 March 2003, in particular paragraph 2 thereof, and 71/323 of 8 September 2017, decides: (a) That the general debate of the seventy-fourth session of the General Assembly will be held from Tuesday, 24 September, to Saturday, 28 September, and on Monday, 30 September 2019; (b) To hold the High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development of the General Assembly on Monday, 23 September, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 3 to 6 p.m., and to hold the high-level political forum under the auspices of the General Assembly on Tuesday, 24 September, from 3 to 6 p.m. and on Wednesday, 25 September, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 3 to 6 p.m.; (c) To hold the high-level meeting on universal health coverage on Thursday, 26 September, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 3 to 6 p.m., in accordance with resolution 72/139 of 12 December 2017, and to hold on the same day the high-level meeting to commemorate and promote the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 3 to 6 p.m., in accordance with resolution 72/251; (d) To hold the high-level meeting to review progress made in addressing the priorities of small island developing States through the implementation of the SIDS Accelerated Modalities of Action (SAMOA) Pathway on Friday, 27 September, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 3 to 6 p.m., in accordance with resolution 71/225; (e) That each high-level meeting will not have any parallel meetings.

At its 110th plenary meeting, on 6 August 2018, the General Assembly, on the proposal of its President, decided to transmit the draft resolution contained in the annex to the present decision to the Assembly for action at its seventy-third session. Annex Draft resolution submitted by the President of the General Assembly Scope, modalities, format and organization of the high-level meeting on universal health coverage The General Assembly, Recognizing that through the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 1 and its Sustainable Development Goals in September 2015, Heads of State and Government made a bold commitment to achieve universal health coverage by 2030, including financial risk protection, access to quality essential health -care services and access to safe, effective, quality and affordable essential medicines and vaccines for all, Recalling its resolution 71/159 of 15 December 2016, entitled “Global health and foreign policy: health employment and economic growth”, which underlined the primary responsibility of Member States to accelerate the transition towards universal health coverage, Recalling also its resolution 72/139 of 12 December 2017, entitled “Global health and foreign policy: addressing the health of the most vulnerable for an inclusive society”, in which it decided to hold a high-level meeting in 2019 on universal health coverage, Recalling further its resolution 67/81 of 12 December 2012, entitled “Global health and foreign policy”, in which it recognized the responsibility of Governments to urgently and significantly scale up efforts to accelerate the transition towards universal access to affordable and quality health -care services and that effective and financially sustainable implementation of universal health coverage is based on a resilient and responsive health system, and reaffirming the primary responsibility of Member States to determine and promote their own paths towards achieving universal health coverage, Recalling its resolution 72/138 of 12 December 2017, entitled “International Universal Health Coverage Day”, in which it decided to proclaim 12 December as International Universal Health Coverage Day, Recognizing that health is a precondition for and an outcome and indicator of all three dimensions — economic, social and environmental — of sustainable development and that, despite progress made, challenges in global health, including major inequities and vulnerabilities within and among countries, regions and populations, still remain and demand persistent attention, Emphasizing the need for the high-level meeting to complement and build on preceding and ongoing health processes and initiatives, including the high -level meeting on HIV/AIDS held in New York from 8 to 10 June 2016 and the high -level meeting on antimicrobial resistance held in New York on 21 September 2016, as well as the high-level meeting on the fight against tuberculosis and the third high -level meeting of the General Assembly on the prevention and control of non -communicable diseases, to be convened in New York on 26 and 27 September 2018, respectively, Welcoming the convening of the Global Conference on Primary Health Care, on achieving universal health coverage and the Sustainable Development Goals, to be held in Astana on 25 and 26 October 2018, in celebration of the fortieth anniversary of the Alma-Ata Declaration,2 which may contribute to the debates of the high -level meeting of the General Assembly on universal health coverage, 1. Decides that the one-day high-level meeting on universal health coverage to be convened by the President of the General Assembly shall be held in New York on the third day of the general debate of the Assembly at its seventy -fourth session, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 3 to 6 p.m., consisting of an opening segment, a plenary segment for general discussion, two multi -stakeholder panels and a brief closing segment; 2. Also decides that the overall theme of the high-level meeting will be “Universal health coverage: moving together to build a healthier world”; 3. Further decides that: (a) The opening segment, to be held from 10 to 10.30 a.m., will feature statements by the President of the General Assembly at its seventy -fourth session, the Secretary-General, the Director General of the World Health Organization, the President of the World Bank Group, as well as an eminent high -level champion of universal health coverage, selected, in consultation with Member States, by the President of the General Assembly, giving due consideration to gender equity; (b) The plenary segment, to be held from 10.30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 3 to 5.30 p.m., will comprise statements by Member States and observers of the General Assembly; a list of speakers will be established in accordance with established practices of the Assembly, and the time limits for these statements will be three minutes for individual delegations and five minutes for statements made on behalf of a group of States; (c) The closing segment, to be held from 5.30 to 6 p.m., will comprise summaries of the multi-stakeholder panels and concluding remarks by the President of the General Assembly; 4. Decides that the organizational arrangements for the two multi - stakeholder panels will be as follows: (a) Two multi-stakeholder panels will be held in parallel to the plenary segment, one from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and the other from 3 to 5 p.m.; (b) Each of the two multi-stakeholder panels will be co-chaired by two representatives, one from a developed country and one from a developing country, to be appointed by the President of the General Assembly from among the Heads of State or Government attending the high -level meeting, in consultation with Member States, taking into account gender equity, level of development and geographical representation; (c) The themes of the multi-stakeholder panels will take into consideration the direction and outcomes of other preceding health processes and initiatives, as well as the interactive multi-stakeholder hearing, with a view to ensuring the most effective and efficient outcomes and potential deliverables and to sharing experiences and lessons learned to address remaining implementation gaps; (d) The President of the General Assembly may invite parliamentarians, local governments, the heads or senior representatives of relevant United Nations entities, including the World Bank, development partners, civil society, the private sector, academia, medical associations, indigenous leadership and community organizations to serve as speakers on the panels, taking into account g ender equity, level of development and geographical representation; 5. Also decides that the high-level meeting shall approve a concise and action-oriented political declaration, agreed in advance by consensus through intergovernmental negotiations, to be submitted by the President of the General Assembly for adoption by the Assembly; 6. Requests the President of the General Assembly, with the support of the World Health Organization and other relevant partners, to organize and preside over an interactive multi-stakeholder hearing, before the end of July 2019, with the active participation of appropriate senior-level representatives of Member States, observers of the General Assembly, parliamentarians, representatives of local government, relevant United Nations entities, non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council, invited civil society organizations, philanthropic foundations, academia, medical associations, the private sector and broader communities, ensuring the participation and voices of women, children, youth and indigenous leadership, as part of the preparatory process for the high-level meeting, and also requests the President to prepare a summary of the hearing prior to the high-level meeting; __________________ 2 A/47/60-S/23329, annex II. 7. Encourages all Member States to participate in the high-level meeting, including the multi-stakeholder panels, at the highest possible level, preferably at the level of Heads of State and Government, and invites all observers of the General Assembly to be represented at the highest possible level; 8. Invites the United Nations system, including funds, programmes and specialized agencies, including the World Health Organization, regional commissions and relevant envoys of the Secretary-General, to participate in the high-level meeting, as appropriate, and urges them to consider relevant initiatives, such as the International Health Partnership for UHC2030, in support of the preparatory process and the meeting, particularly with regard to sharing evidence and good practices, challenges and lessons learned; 9. Invites the Inter-Parliamentary Union to contribute to the high-level meeting; 10. Invites non-governmental organizations with relevant expertise that are in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council to register with the Secretariat to attend the meeting and the interactive multi-stakeholder hearing; 11. Requests the President of the General Assembly to draw up a list of other relevant representatives of relevant non-governmental organizations, civil society organizations, academic institutions and the private sector who may attend the high-level meeting and participate in the interactive multi-stakeholder hearing and the multi-stakeholder panels, taking into account the principles of transparency and equitable geographical representation, with due regard to the meaningful participation of women, and to submit the list to Member States for their consideration on a non-objection basis;3 12. Invites members of civil society, non-governmental organizations, the private sector, academia, development partners and other relevant initiatives to make a fundamental contribution to the process in terms of raising awareness of the importance of universal health coverage and its contribution towards the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals; 13. Encourages Member States to consider including in their national delegations ministers from all relevant ministries, as appropriate, as well as representatives such as parliamentarians, mayors and governors, representatives of civil society, including non-governmental organizations, indigenous leadership, community organizations and faith-based organizations, academia, philanthropic foundations, the private sector and universal health coverage networks, with due regard to gender equity; 14. Requests the President of the General Assembly at its seventy-third session to finalize the organizational arrangements for the high-level meeting, in close consultation with Member States, including the themes of the multi-stakeholder panels in line with paragraph 4 (c) of the present resolution. __________________ 3 The list of proposed as well as final names will be brought to the attention of the General Assembly. Where a name is objected to, the objecting Member State will, on a voluntary basis, make known to the Office of the President of the General Assembly the general basis of its objections and the Office will share any information received with any Member State upon its request.

At its 112th plenary meeting, on 6 September 2018, the General Assembly decided, without setting a precedent, to invite Mr. Lassina Zerbo, Executive Secretary of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization, and Mr. Karipbek Kuyukov, Honorary Ambassador of the ATOM project, to make statements at the high-level meeting of the General Assembly to commemorate and promote the International Day against Nuclear Tests.

At its 114th plenary meeting, on 12 September 2018, the General Assembly took note of the note by the Secretary-General (A/72/300).

At its 114th plenary meeting, on 12 September 2018, the General Assembly took note of the report of the Security Council (A/72/2).

At its 115th plenary meeting, on 13 September 2018, the General Assembly, under rule 81 of its rules of procedure, decided to reconsider the provision contained in paragraph 3 of its resolution 72/243 of 22 December 2017. At its 115th plenary meeting, on 13 September 2018, the General Assembly, on the proposal of its President, decided that the opening plenary meeting of the high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly, to be known as the Nelson Mandela Peace Summit, would also feature statements by the President of the Republic of South Africa and the Prime Minister of Ireland.

At its 116th plenary meeting, on 17 September 2018, the General Assembly, under rule 81 of its rules of procedure, decided to reconsider the provisions contained in paragraphs 1 and 3 of resolution 72/268 of 4 April 2018. At its 116th plenary meeting, on 17 September 2018, the General Assembly on the proposal of its President, decided that (a) the high-level meeting on the fight against tuberculosis would be held on the second day of the general debate of the Assembly at its seventy-third session, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 3 to 6 p.m.; (b) its opening segment would be held from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. and; (c) its plenary segment would be held from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and from 3:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m..

At its 116th plenary meeting, on 17 September 2018, the General Assembly decided to include the item entitled “Prevention of armed conflict” in the draft agenda of its seventy-third session.

At its 116th plenary meeting, on 17 September 2018, the General Assembly decided to defer consideration of the sub-item entitled “Strengthening the role of mediation in the peaceful settlement of disputes, conflict prevention and resolution” of the agenda item entitled “Prevention of armed conflict” and to include it in the draft agenda of its seventy-third session.

At its 116th plenary meeting, on 17 September 2018, the General Assembly decided to defer consideration of the item entitled “Zone of peace and cooperation of the South Atlantic” and to include it in the draft agenda of its seventy-third session.

At its 116th plenary meeting, on 17 September 2018, the General Assembly decided to defer consideration of the item entitled “The situation in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan” and to include it in the draft agenda of its seventy-third session.

At its 116th plenary meeting, on 17 September 2018, the General Assembly decided to include the item entitled “Question of the Comorian island of Mayotte” in the draft agenda of its seventy-third session.

At its 116th plenary meeting, on 17 September 2018, the General Assembly decided to include the item entitled “Request for an advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the legal consequences of the separation of the Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius in 1965” in the draft agenda of its seventy-third session.

At its 116th plenary meeting, on 17 September 2018, the General Assembly decided to include the item entitled “Strengthening of the United Nations system” in the draft agenda of its seventy-third session.

At its 116th plenary meeting, on 17 September 2018, the General Assembly decided to defer consideration of the item entitled “Financing of the United Nations Mission in East Timor” and to include it in the draft agenda of its seventy-third session.

At its 116th plenary meeting, on 17 September 2018, the General Assembly decided to include the following items in the draft agenda of its seventy-third session: 9. Report of the Economic and Social Council 14. Integrated and coordinated implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of the major United Nations conferences and summits in the economic, social and related fields 15. Culture of peace 19. Sustainable development 22. Groups of countries in special situations (b) Follow-up to the second United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries 24. Operational activities for development (a) Operational activities for development of the United Nations system (b) South-South cooperation for development 29. Report of the Security Council. 35. Protracted conflicts in the GUAM area and their implications for international peace, security and development. 37. The situation in the Middle East 38. Question of Palestine 55. Comprehensive review of the whole question of peacekeeping operations in all their aspects 65. Peacebuilding and sustaining peace 72. Promotion and protection of human rights (c) Human rights situations and reports of special rapporteurs and representatives 73. Strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance of the United Nations, including special economic assistance (a) Strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations (b) Assistance to the Palestinian people (c) Special economic assistance to individual countries or regions 99. General and complete disarmament (cc) Follow-up to the 2013 high-level meeting of the General Assembly on nuclear disarmament 107. Crime prevention and criminal justice 113. Elections to fill vacancies in principal organs 114. Elections to fill vacancies in subsidiary organs and other elections (a) Election of twenty members of the Committee for Programme and Coordination 117. Follow-up to the outcome of the Millennium Summit 127. Global health and foreign policy 130. Investigation into the conditions and circumstances resulting in the tragic death of Dag Hammarskjöld and of the members of the party accompanying him 133. Financial reports and audited financial statements, and reports of the Board of Auditors 134. Review of the efficiency of the administrative and financial functioning of the United Nations 136. Proposed programme budget for the biennium 2018-2019 137. Programme planning 139. Pattern of conferences 140. Scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of the United Nations 141. Human resources management 142. Joint Inspection Unit 143. United Nations common system 145. Report on the activities of the Office of Internal Oversight Services 146. Administration of justice at the United Nations 148. Financing of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals 149. Administrative and budgetary aspects of the financing of the United Nations peacekeeping operations 150. Financing of the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei 151. Financing of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic. 152. Financing of the United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire 153. Financing of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus 154. Financing of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo 156. Financing of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti 157. Financing of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo 158. Financing of the United Nations Mission in Liberia 159. Financing of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali 160. Financing of the United Nations peacekeeping forces in the Middle East 161. Financing of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan 162. Financing of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara 163. Financing of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur 164. Financing of the activities arising from Security Council resolution 1863 (2009) 165. Financing of the United Nations Mission for Justice Support in Haiti

At its 116th plenary meeting, on 17 September 2018, the General Assembly on the proposal of its President, decided, without setting a precedent, to invite the following speakers to make statements during the commemorative plenary meeting to be held on 21 September 2018 to pay tribute to the late seventh Secretary-General Kofi Annan: Mr. Ban Ki-moon, eighth Secretary-General of the United Nations; Ms. Mary Robinson, representative of The Elders; Mrs. Nane Annan, spouse; Mr. Iqbal Riza, former Under-Secretary-General and Chef de Cabinet; Ms. Anastasiya Delenda, a former member of the Executive Office of the Secretary-General; and a family member of the late former Secretary-General Kofi Annan to speak on behalf of his children.

At its 1st plenary meeting, on 18 September 2018, the General Assembly, in accordance with rule 28 of its rules of procedure, appointed a Credentials Committee for its seventy-third session consisting of the following Member States: ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA, CHILE, CHINA, FINLAND, GHANA, PALAU, THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION, SIERRA LEONE AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. (See A/73/PV.1)

At its 19th plenary meeting, on 12 October 2018, the General Assembly, pursuant to its resolutions 60/251 of 15 March 2006 and 65/281 of 17 June 2011, elected ARGENTINA, AUSTRIA, THE BAHAMAS, BAHRAIN, BANGLADESH, BULGARIA, BURKINA FASO, CAMEROON, CZECHIA, DENMARK, ERITREA, FIJI, INDIA, ITALY, THE PHILIPPINES, SOMALIA, TOGO AND URUGUAY as members of the Human Rights Council for a three-year term of office beginning on 1 January 2019 to fill the vacancies occurring on the expiration of the terms of office of BELGIUM, BURUNDI, CÔTE D'IVOIRE, ECUADOR, ETHIOPIA, GEORGIA, GERMANY, KENYA, KYRGYZSTAN, MONGOLIA, PANAMA, THE PHILIPPINES, THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA, SLOVENIA, SWITZERLAND, TOGO, THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, AND VENEZUELA (BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF). As a result, as of 1 January 2019, the Human Rights Council is composed of the following 47 Member States: AFGHANISTAN,** ANGOLA,** ARGENTINA,*** AUSTRALIA,** AUSTRIA,*** BAHAMAS,*** BAHRAIN,*** BANGLADESH,*** BRAZIL,* BULGARIA,*** BURKINA FASO,*** CAMEROON,*** CHILE,** CHINA,* CROATIA,* CUBA,* CZECHIA,*** DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO,** DENMARK,*** EGYPT,* ERITREA,*** FIJI,*** HUNGARY,* ICELAND,* INDIA,*** IRAQ,* ITALY,*** JAPAN,* MEXICO,** NEPAL,** NIGERIA,** PAKISTAN,** PERU,** PHILIPPINES,*** QATAR,** RWANDA,* SAUDI ARABIA,* SENEGAL,** SLOVAKIA,** SOMALIA,*** SOUTH AFRICA,* SPAIN,** TOGO,*** TUNISIA,* UKRAINE,** UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND* AND URUGUAY.*** __________________ * Term of office expires on 31 December 2019. ** Term of office expires on 31 December 2020. *** Term of office expires on 31 December 2021. (See A/73/PV.19)

On 4 October 2018, the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) of the General Assembly held a meeting in accordance with rules 99 (a) and 103 of the rules of procedure of the Assembly for the purpose of electing its Chair. At the 19th plenary meeting of the General Assembly, on 12 October 2018, the President of the Assembly announced that Mr. Dee-Maxwell Saah KEMAYAH of Liberia had been elected as Chair of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) of the Assembly at its seventy-third session to replace Mr. Lewis Garseedah BROWN of Liberia. (See A/73/PV.19)

A. At its 35th plenary meeting, on 15 November 2018, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Fifth Committee, appointed the following persons as members of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions for a three-year term of office beginning on 1 January 2019: Mr. Yves Éric Ahoussougbemey, Mr. Amjad Qaid Al Kumaim, Mr. Makiese Kinkela Augusto, Mr. Ihor Humennyi and Mr. Conrod Hunte. As a result, as of 1 January 2019, the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions is composed as follows: Mr. Bachar Bong ABDALLAH (Chad),** Mr. Yves Éric AHOUSSOUGBEMEY (Benin),*** Mr. Amjad Qaid AL KUMAIM (Yemen),*** Mr. Makiese Kinkela AUGUSTO (Angola),*** Mr. Pavel CHERNIKOV (Russian Federation),** Mr. Ihor HUMENNYI (Ukraine),*** Mr. Conrod HUNTE (Antigua and Barbuda),*** Mr. Marcel JULLIER (Switzerland),* Mr. Mahesh KUMAR (India),* Ms. Julia A. MACIEL GONZÁLEZ (Paraguay),** Mr. Takeshi MATSUNAGA (Japan),* Mr. Olivier MYARD (France),* Mr. Carlos RUIZ MASSIEU (Mexico),* Mr. Cihan TERZI (Turkey),** Mr. David TRAYSTMAN (United States of America)** and Mr. YE Xuenong (China).* __________________ * Term of office expires on 31 December 2019. ** Term of office expires on 31 December 2020. *** Term of office expires on 31 December 2021. (See A/73/481; A/73/PV.35) B At its 68th plenary meeting, on 20 February 2019, the General Assembly appointed Mr. Felipe García Landa as a member of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions for a term of office beginning on 20 February 2019 and ending on 31 December 2019, as a result of the resignation of Mr. Carlos Ruiz Massieu. As a result, as of 20 February 2019, the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions is composed as follows: Mr. Bachar Bong ABDALLAH (Chad),** Mr. Yves Éric AHOUSSOUGBEMEY (Benin),*** Mr. Amjad Qaid AL KUMAIM (Yemen),*** Mr. Makiese Kinkela AUGUSTO (Angola),*** Mr. Pavel CHERNIKOV (Russian Federation),** Mr. Felipe GARCIA LANDA (Mexico),* Mr. Ihor HUMENNYI (Ukraine),*** Mr. Conrod HUNTE (Antigua and Barbuda),*** Mr. Marcel JULLIER (Switzerland),* Mr. Mahesh KUMAR (India),* Ms. Julia A. MACIEL GONZÁLEZ (Paraguay),** Mr. Takeshi MATSUNAGA (Japan),* Mr. Olivier MYARD (France),* Mr. Cihan TERZI (Turkey),** Mr. David TRAYSTMAN (United States of America)** and Mr. YE Xuenong (China).* __________________ * Term of office expires on 31 December 2019. ** Term of office expires on 31 December 2020. *** Term of office expires on 31 December 2021. (See A/73/101/Rev.1/Add.1; A/73/PV.66)

At its 35th plenary meeting, on 15 November 2018, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Fifth Committee, appointed the following persons as members of the Committee on Contributions for a three-year term of office beginning on 1 January 2019: Mr. Syed Yawar Ali, Mr. Robert Ngei Mule, Mr. Toshiro Ozawa, Mr. Tõnis Saar and Mr. Brett Dennis Schaefer. At its 65th plenary meeting, on 22 December 2018, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Fifth Committee, appointed Mr. Jakub Chmielewski as a member of the Committee on Contributions for a three-year term of office beginning on 1 January 2019. As a result, as of 1 January 2019, the Committee on Contributions is composed as follows: Mr. Syed Yawar ALI (Pakistan),*** Mr. Jakub CHMIELEWSKI (Poland),*** Mr. Cheikh Tidiane DÈME (Senegal),* Mr. Gordon ECKERSLEY (Australia),* Mr. Bernardo GREIVER DEL HOYO (Uruguay),* Mr. Michael HOLTSCH (Germany),** Mr. Evgeny KALUGIN (Russian Federation),** Robert Ngei MULE (Kenya),*** Mr. Baudelaire NDONG ELLA (Gabon),* Mr. Toshiro OZAWA (Japan),*** Mr. Tõnis SAAR (Estonia),*** Mr. Henrique da Silveira SARDINHA PINTO (Brazil),** Mr. Brett Dennis SCHAEFER (United States of America),*** Mr. Ugo SESSI (Italy),* Alejandro TORRES LÉPORI (Argentina),* Mr. Steve TOWNLEY (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland),** Ms. YOON Seongmee (Republic of Korea)** and Ms. ZHANG Wei (China).** __________________ * Term of office expires on 31 December 2019. ** Term of office expires on 31 December 2020. *** Term of office expires on 31 December 2021. B At its 71st plenary meeting, on 25 March 2019, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Fifth Committee, appointed Mr. Vadim Laputin as a member of the Committee on Contributions for a term of office beginning on 25 March 2019 and ending on 31 December 2020, as a result of the resignation of Mr. Evgeny Kalugin. At its 80th plenary meeting, on 9 May 2019, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Fifth Committee, appointed Mr. Na Sang-deok as a member of the Committee on Contributions for a term of office beginning on 9 May 2019 and ending on 31 December 2020, as a result of the resignation of Ms. Yoon Seongmee. As a result, as of 9 May 2019, the Committee on Contributions is composed as follows: Mr. Syed Yawar ALI (Pakistan),*** Mr. Jakub CHMIELEWSKI (Poland),*** Mr. Cheikh Tidiane DÈME (Senegal),* Mr. Gordon ECKERSLEY (Australia),* Mr. Bernardo GREIVER DEL HOYO (Uruguay),* Mr. Michael HOLTSCH (Germany),** Mr. Vadim LAPUTIN (Russian Federation),** Robert Ngei MULE (Kenya),*** Mr. NA Sang-deok (Republic of Korea),** Mr. Baudelaire NDONG ELLA (Gabon),* Mr. Toshiro OZAWA (Japan),*** Mr. Tõnis SAAR (Estonia),*** Mr. Henrique da Silveira SARDINHA PINTO (Brazil),** Mr. Brett Dennis SCHAEFER (United States of America),*** Mr. Ugo SESSI (Italy),* Mr. Alejandro TORRES LÉPORI (Argentina),* Mr. Steve TOWNLEY (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)** and Ms. ZHANG Wei (China).** __________________ * Term of office expires on 31 December 2019. ** Term of office expires on 31 December 2020. *** Term of office expires on 31 December 2021.

At its 35th plenary meeting, on 15 November 2018, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Fifth Committee, confirmed the appointment by the Secretary-General of Ms. Keiko Honda as a regular member of the Investments Committee for a three-year term of office beginning on 1 January 2019. As a result, as of 1 January 2019, the Investments Committee is composed as follows: Mr. Madhav DHAR (India),* Ms. Keiko HONDA (Japan),** Mr. Simon JIANG (China),* Mr. Achim KASSOW (Germany),* Mr. Michael KLEIN (United States of America),* Ms. Linah K. MOHOHLO (Botswana),* Mr. Gumersindo OLIVEROS (Spain)* and Ms. Luciane RIBEIRO (Brazil).* __________________ * Term of office expires on 31 December 2019. ** Term of office expires on 31 December 2021.

At its 35thth plenary meeting, on 15 November 2018, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Fifth Committee, appointed Mr. Andrew Gbebay Bangali, Ms. Marie-Françoise Bechtel, Ms. Carleen Gardner, Mr. Ali Kurer and Mr. Bogusaw Winid as members of the International Civil Service Commission for a four-year term of office beginning on 1 January 2019. At the same meeting, the General Assembly, also on the recommendation of the Fifth Committee, designated Mr. Larbi Djacta as Chair of the International Civil Service Commission for a four-year term of office beginning on 1 January 2019. As a result, as of 1 January 2019, the International Civil Service Commission is composed as follows: Mr. Larbi DJACTA (Algeria),* Chair, Mr. Aldo MANTOVANI (Italy),** Vice-Chair, Mr. Andrew Gbebay Bangali (Sierra Leone),*** Ms. Marie-Françoise BECHTEL (France),*** Mr. Mohammed FARASHUDDIN (Bangladesh),* Ms. Carleen GARDNER (Jamaica),*** Mr. Luis Mariano HERMOSILLO SOSA (Mexico),** Mr. Yuji KUMAMARU (Japan),** Mr. Ali KURER (Libya),*** Mr. Jeffrey MOUNTS (United States of America),** Mr. Wolfgang STÖCKL (Germany),** Mr. Vladimir STOROZHEV (Russian Federation),* Mr. WANG Xiaochu (China),* Mr. Boguslaw WINID (Poland)*** and Mr. El Hassane ZAHID (Morocco).* __________________ * Term of office expires on 31 December 2020. ** Term of office expires on 31 December 2021. *** Term of office expires on 31 December 2022.

A At its 41st plenary meeting held on 28 November 2018, the General Assembly, pursuant to article 4 of the statute of the United Nations Dispute Tribunal, on the recommendation of the Internal Justice Council, appointed the following persons as judges of the Tribunal for a seven-year term of office beginning on 1 July 2019 and expiring on 30 June 2026: Ms. Joëlle Adda (France), full-time, New York; and Mr. Francesco Buffa (Italy), half-time. B At its 65th plenary meeting, on 22 December 2018, the General Assembly, pursuant to paragraph 37 of resolution 73/276 of 22 December 2018, confirmed the extension of the terms of Rowan Downing (Australia) and Nkemdilim Amelia Izuako (Nigeria), the ad litem judges in Geneva and Nairobi, respectively, pending the nomination of candidates by the Internal Justice Council and the appointment of four half-time judges by the General Assembly, which should take place no later than 31 December 2019. As of 1 July 2019, the United Nations Dispute Tribunal is composed as follows: Ms. Joëlle Adda (France, Full time, New York),** Ms. Teresa Maria DA SILVA BRAVO (Portugal, full time, Geneva),* Mr. Francesco Buffa (Italy, half-time),** Mr. Rowan DOWNING (Australia, ad litem), Mr. Alexander W. HUNTER, Jr. (United States of America, half-time),* Ms. Nkemdilim Amelia IZUAKO (Nigeria, ad litem) and Ms. Agnieszka KLONOWIECKA-MILART (Poland, full-time, Nairobi).* C. At its 98th plenary meeting, on 10 July 2019, the General Assembly, pursuant to paragraph 37 of resolution 73/276 of 22 December 2018, on the recommendation of the Internal Justice Council, appointed the following persons as half-time judges of the Tribunal for a seven-year term of office beginning on 10 July 2019 and expiring on 9 July 2026: Mr. Francis Belle (Barbados), Ms. Eleanor Donaldson-Honeywell (Trinidad and Tobago), Ms. Rachel Sikwese (Malawi) and Ms. Margaret Tibulya (Uganda). As of 10 July 2019, the United Nations Dispute Tribunal is composed as follows: Ms. Joëlle ADDA (France, full-time, New York),** Mr. Francis BELLE (Barbados, half-time),*** Mr. Francesco BUFFA (Italy, half-time),** Ms. Teresa Maria DA SILVA BRAVO (Portugal, full-time, Geneva),* Ms. Eleanor DONALDSON-HONEYWELL (Trinidad and Tobago, half-time),*** Mr. Alexander W. HUNTER, Jr. (United States of America, half-time),* Ms. Agnieszka KLONOWIECKA-MILART (Poland, full-time, Nairobi),* Ms. Rachel SIKWESE (Malawi, half-time), *** and Ms. Margaret TIBULYA (Uganda, half-time). *** ___________________ * Term of office expires on 30 June 2023. ** Term of office expires on 30 June 2026. *** Term of office expires on 9 July 2026.

At its 41st plenary meeting, on 28 November 2018, the General Assembly, pursuant to article 3 of the statute of the United Nations Appeals Tribunal, contained in annex II to resolution 63/253 of 24 December 2008, and on the recommendation of the Internal Justice Council,10 appointed Graeme Colgan (New Zealand), Jean-François Neven (Belgium) and Ms. Kanwaldeep Sandhu (Canada) as judges of the Tribunal for a term of office beginning on 1 July 2019 and expiring on 30 June 2026 to fill one vacancy occurring as a result of the resignation of Ms. Rosalyn Chapman on 3 November 2017 and two vacancies occurring on the expiration of the terms of office of Mr. Richard Lussick and Ms. Deborah Thomas -Felix. As a result, as of 1 July 2019, the United Nations Appeals Tribunal is composed as follows: Mr. Graeme COLGAN (New Zealand),** Ms. Martha HALFELD FURTADO DE MENDONÇA SCHMIDT (Brazil),* Ms. Sabine KNIERIM (Germany),* Mr. John Raymond MURPHY (South Africa),* Mr. Jean-François NEVEN (Belgium),** Mr. Dimitrios RAIKOS (Greece)* and Ms. Kanwaldeep SANDHU (Canada).** ___________________ * Term of office expires on 30 June 2023. ** Term of office expires on 30 June 2026.

A At its 51st plenary meeting, on 12 December 2018, the General Assembly, on the basis of nominations by the Economic and Social Council and in accordance with the annex to Council resolution 2008 (LX) of 14 May 1976 and Assembly decision 42/450 of 17 December 1987, elected Angola, Argentina, Ethiopia, France and the Russian Federation as members of the Committee for Programme and Coordination for a three-year term of office beginning on 1 January 2019 to fill the vacancies occurring on the expiration of the terms of office of Argentina, France, Peru, the Russian Federation, the United Republic of Tanzania and Zimbabwe. As a result, as of 1 January 2019, the Committee for Programme and Coordination is composed of the following 31 Member States: ANGOLA,***, ARGENTINA,*** BANGLADESH,* BELARUS,** BOTSWANA,** BRAZIL,** BULGARIA,** BURKINA FASO,** CAMEROON,** CHAD,** CHILE,** CHINA,* CUBA,** EGYPT,* ERITREA,* ETHIOPIA,*** FRANCE,*** GERMANY,** HAITI,* INDIA,** IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF),** ITALY,** JAPAN,** PAKISTAN,** PORTUGAL,** REPUBLIC OF KOREA,* REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA,** RUSSIAN FEDERATION,*** SENEGAL,* UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND** and UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.** __________________ * Term of office expires on 31 December 2019. ** Term of office expires on 31 December 2020. *** Term of office expires on 31 December 2021. (See A/73/608; A/73/PV.51) Decision 73/410, in section A of the Official Records of the General Assembly, Seventy-third Session, Supplement No. 49 (A/73/49), vol. II, becomes decision 73/410 A. B At its 82nd plenary meeting, on 20 May 2019, the General Assembly, on the basis of nominations by the Economic and Social Council and in accordance with the annex to Council resolution 2008 (LX) of 14 May 1976 and Assembly decision 42/450 of 17 December 1987, elected Paraguay as a member of the Committee for Programme and Coordination for a term of office beginning on 20 May 2019 and expiring on 31 December 2021. As a result, as of 20 May 2019, the Committee for Programme and Coordination is composed of the following 32 Member States: ANGOLA,*** ARGENTINA,*** BANGLADESH,* BELARUS,** BOTSWANA,** BRAZIL,** BULGARIA,** BURKINA FASO,** CAMEROON,** CHAD,** CHILE,** CHINA,* CUBA,** EGYPT,* ERITREA,* ETHIOPIA,*** FRANCE,*** GERMANY,** HAITI,* INDIA,** IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF),** ITALY,** JAPAN,** PAKISTAN,** PARAGUAY,*** PORTUGAL,** REPUBLIC OF KOREA,* REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA,** RUSSIAN FEDERATION,*** SENEGAL,* UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND** and UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.** ___________________ * Term of office expires on 31 December 2019. ** Term of office expires on 31 December 2020. *** Term of office expires on 31 December 2021. (See A/73/608/Add.1; see also Economic and Social Council decision 2019/201 C; A/73/PV.82) One vacancy for a member from Latin American and Caribbean States remains to be filled for a term of office beginning on the date of election and expiring on 31 December 2020; and one vacancy for a member from Western European and other States remains to be filled for a term of office beginning on the date of election and expiring on 31 December 2021.

At its 51st and 54th plenary meetings, on 12 and 14 December 2018, respectively, the General Assembly, in accordance with paragraph 2 of its resolution 43/222 B of 21 December 1988, took note of the appointment by its President, after consultations with the Chairs of the regional groups concerned, of ECUADOR, GERMANY, GHANA, GUYANA, IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF), SENEGAL and UKRAINE as members of the Committee on Conferences for a three-year term of office beginning on 1 January 2019. As a result, as 1 January 2019, the Committee on Conferences is composed of the following 21 Member States: AUSTRIA,* BOTSWANA,** BRAZIL,** CHINA,* ECUADOR,*** FRANCE,** GERMANY,*** GHANA,*** GUYANA,*** IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF),*** IRAQ,** JAMAICA,* JAPAN,* KENYA,* MOROCCO,* NEPAL,** RUSSIAN FEDERATION,** SENEGAL,*** SIERRA LEONE,** UKRAINE,*** and UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.* __________________ * Term of office expires on 31 December 2019. ** Term of office expires on 31 December 2020. *** Term of office expires on 31 December 2021.

At its 56th plenary meeting, on 17 December 2018, the General Assembly, in accordance with section II, paragraphs 1 to 3, of its resolution 2205 (XXI) of 17 December 1966, as amended by paragraph 8 of its resolution 3108 (XXVIII) of 12 December 1973 and paragraph 10 (b) of its resolution 31/99 of 15 December 1976, as well as its resolution 57/20 of 19 November 2002, elected ALGERIA, BELGIUM, CAMEROON, CANADA, CHINA, CÔTE D’IVOIRE, CROATIA, THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, ECUADOR, FINLAND, FRANCE, GERMANY, GHANA, HONDURAS, HUNGARY, INDONESIA, JAPAN, MALAYSIA, MALI, MEXICO, PERU, THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA, THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION, SINGAPORE, SOUTH AFRICA, SWITZERLAND, UKRAINE, THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND, VIET NAM and ZIMBABWE as members of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law for a six-year term of office beginning on 8 July 2019, to fill the vacancies occurring on the expiration of the terms of office of ARMENIA, BULGARIA, CAMEROON, CANADA, CHINA, CÔTE D'IVOIRE, DENMARK, ECUADOR, EL SALVADOR, FRANCE, GERMANY, GREECE, HONDURAS, HUNGARY, INDONESIA, JAPAN, KUWAIT, LIBERIA, MALAYSIA, MAURITANIA, MEXICO, NAMIBIA, PANAMA, THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA, THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION, SIERRA LEONE, SINGAPORE, SWITZERLAND, THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND AND ZAMBIA. As a result, as of 8 July 2019, the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law is composed of the following 60 Member States: ALGERIA,** ARGENTINA,* AUSTRALIA,* AUSTRIA,* BELARUS,* BELGIUM,** BRAZIL,* BURUNDI,* CAMEROON,** CANADA,** CHILE,* CHINA,** COLOMBIA,* CÔTE D’IVOIRE,** CROATIA,** CZECHIA,* DOMINICAN REPUBLIC,** ECUADOR,** FINLAND,** FRANCE,** GERMANY,** GHANA,** HONDURAS,** HUNGARY,** INDIA,* INDONESIA,** IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF),* ISRAEL,* ITALY,* JAPAN,** KENYA,* LEBANON,* LESOTHO,* LIBYA,* MALAYSIA,** MALI,** MAURITIUS,* MEXICO,** NIGERIA,* PAKISTAN,* PERU,** PHILIPPINES,* POLAND,* REPUBLIC OF KOREA,** ROMANIA,* RUSSIAN FEDERATION,** SINGAPORE,** SOUTH AFRICA,** SPAIN,* SRI LANKA,* SWITZERLAND,** THAILAND,* TURKEY,* UGANDA,* UKRAINE,** UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND,** UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,* VENEZUELA (BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF),* VIET NAM,** and ZIMBABWE.** ___________________ * Term of office expires on the last day prior to the beginning of the fifty-fifth session of the Commission in 2022. ** Term of office expires on the last day prior to the beginning of the fifty-eighth session of the Commission in 2025.

A. At its 64th plenary meeting, on 21 December 2018, the General Assembly, pursuant to its resolutions 60/180 of 20 December 2005 and 63/145 of 18 December 2008, elected EGYPT, GUATEMALA, KENYA, MEXICO and NEPAL as members of the Organizational Committee of the Peacebuilding Commission for a two-year term of office beginning on 1 January 2019 to fill the vacancies occurring on the expiration of the terms of office of COLOMBIA, EGYPT, INDONESIA, KENYA and MEXICO. Pursuant to paragraphs 4 (a) to (d) of resolution 60/180, 21 States have already been elected and/or selected as members of the Organizational Committee of the Peacebuilding Commission: CHINA, CÔTE D’IVOIRE, FRANCE, PERU, RUSSIAN FEDERATION, UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND and UNITED STATES OF AMERICA selected by the Security Council; COLOMBIA, IRELAND, REPUBLIC OF KOREA, AND ROMANIA elected by the Economic and Social Council; CANADA, GERMANY, JAPAN, NORWAY and SWEDEN selected by and from among the top 10 providers of assessed contributions to United Nations budgets and of voluntary contributions to United Nations funds, programmes and agencies, including a standing peacebuilding fund; and BANGLADESH, ETHIOPIA, INDIA, PAKISTAN and RWANDA selected by and from among the top 10 providers of military personnel and civilian police to United Nations missions. As a result, on 1 January 2019, the Organizational Committee of the Peacebuilding Commission is composed of the following 28 Member States: BANGLADESH,*** CANADA,*** CHINA,* CÔTE D’IVOIRE,** COLOMBIA,**** CZECHIA,** EGYPT,*** EL SALVADOR,** ETHIOPIA,*** FRANCE,* GERMANY,*** GUATEMALA,*** INDIA,*** IRELAND,**** JAPAN,*** KENYA,*** MEXICO,*** NEPAL,*** NORWAY,*** PAKISTAN,*** PERU,** REPUBLIC OF KOREA, **** ROMANIA, **** RUSSIAN FEDERATION,* RWANDA,*** SWEDEN,*** UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND* and UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.* __________________ * Permanent members of the Security Council. ** Term of office expires on 31 December 2019. *** Term of office expires on 31 December 2020. **** Term of office expires on 31 December 2020 or when they cease to be members of the Council, whichever comes earlier. (See S/2019/65, A/73/663 and A/73/603; A/73/PV.64) Decision 73/413, in section A of the Official Records of the General Assembly, Seventy-third Session, Supplement No. 49 (A/73/49), vol. II, becomes decision 73/413 A. B. On 14 February 2019, the Economic and Social Council elected BRAZIL, IRAN (ISLAMIC REPULIC OF) and MALI as members of the Organizational Committee of the Peacebuilding Commission pursuant to paragraphs 4 (a) to (d) of General Assembly resolution 60/180 of 20 December 2005, for a term of office beginning on 14 February 2019 and expiring on 31 December 2020. As a result, on 14 February 2019, the Organizational Committee of the Peacebuilding Commission is composed of the following 31 Member States: BANGLADESH,*** BRAZIL,**** CANADA,*** CHINA,* CÔTE D’IVOIRE,** COLOMBIA,**** CZECHIA,** EGYPT,*** EL SALVADOR,** ETHIOPIA,*** FRANCE,* GERMANY,*** GUATEMALA,*** INDIA,*** IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF),**** IRELAND,**** JAPAN,*** KENYA,*** MALI,**** MEXICO,*** NEPAL,*** NORWAY,*** PAKISTAN,*** PERU,** REPUBLIC OF KOREA, **** ROMANIA, **** RUSSIAN FEDERATION,* RWANDA,*** SWEDEN,*** UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND* and UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.* __________________ * Permanent members of the Security Council. ** Term of office expires on 31 December 2019. *** Term of office expires on 31 December 2020. **** Term of office expires on 31 December 2020 or when they cease to be members of the Council, whichever comes earlier. (See Economic and Social Council decision 2019/201 B.)

At its 64th plenary meeting, on 21 December 2018, the General Assembly, pursuant to article 3, paragraph 2, of the statute of the Joint Inspection Unit, contained in the annex to resolution 31/192 of 22 December 1976, appointed Ms. Keiko Kamioka as a member of the Joint Inspection Unit for a five-year term of office beginning on 1 January 2020 and expiring on 31 December 2024. As a result, as of 1 January 2020, the Joint Inspection Unit is composed as follows: Mr. Gopinathan Achamkulangare (India),*** Ms. Aicha AFIFI (Morocco),* Mr. Jean Wesley CAZEAU (Haiti),*** Ms. Eileen CRONIN (United States of America),** Mr. Petru DUMITRIU (Romania),* Mr. Jorge FLORES CALLEJAS (Honduras),** Ms. Keiko KAMIOKA (Japan),**** Mr. Jeremiah KRAMER (Canada),* Mr. Nikolay LOZINSKIY (Russian Federation),*** Ms. Sukai PROM-JACKSON (Gambia)*** and Ms. Gönke ROSCHER (Germany).* __________________ * Term of office expires on 31 December 2020. ** Term of office expires on 31 December 2021. *** Term of office expires on 31 December 2022. **** Term of office expires on 31 December 2024.

A. At its 65th plenary meeting held on 21 December 2018, the General Assembly, pursuant to article 10 of the statute of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, elected Mr. Yusuf Aksar (Turkey) as a judge of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals for a term of office until 30 June 2020. As at 21 December 2018, the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals is composed of the following 23 judges: Mr. Carmel A. Agius (Malta) Mr. Yusuf Aksar (Turkey) Mr. Jean-Claude Antonetti (France) Ms. Florence Rita Arrey (Cameroon) Mr. Ben Emmerson (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) Mr. Christoph Flügge (Germany) Ms. Graciela Susana Gatti Santana (Uruguay) Mr. Burton Hall (Bahamas) Ms. Elizabeth Ibanda-Nahamya (Uganda) Mr. Vagn Joensen (Denmark) Mr. Gberdao Gustave Kam (Burkina Faso) Mr. Liu Daqun (China) Mr. Joseph E. Chiondo Masanche (United Republic of Tanzania) Mr. Theodor Meron (United States of America) Mr. Lee Gacuiga Muthoga (Kenya) Ms. Aminatta Lois Runeni N’gum (Zimbabwe/Gambia) Ms. Prisca Matimba Nyambe (Zambia) Mr. Alphonsus Martinus Maria Orie (Netherlands) Mr. Seymour Panton (Jamaica) Mr. Seon Ki Park (Republic of Korea) Mr. José Ricardo de Prada Solaesa (Spain) Mr. Ivo Nelson de Caires Batista Rosa (Portugal) Mr. William H. Sekule (United Republic of Tanzania). [Footnote] * Pursuant to article 10, paragraph 3, of the Statute of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, the Secretary-General reappointed the following 23 judges for a two-year term commencing on 1 July 2018 and expiring on 30 June 2020 (see S/2018/652): Mr. Carmel A. Agius (Malta), Mr. Jean-Claude Antonetti (France), Ms. Florence Rita Arrey (Cameroon), Mr. Ben Emmerson (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland), Mr. Christoph Flügge (Germany), Ms. Graciela Susana Gatti Santana (Uruguay), Mr. Burton Hall (Bahamas), Ms. Elizabeth Ibanda-Nahamya (Uganda), Mr. Vagn Joensen (Denmark), Mr. Gberdao Gustave Kam (Burkina Faso), Mr. Liu Daqun (China), Mr. Joseph E. Chiondo Masanche (United Republic of Tanzania), Mr. Theodor Meron (United States of America), Mr. Lee Gacuiga Muthoga (Kenya), Ms. Aminatta Lois Runeni N’gum (Zimbabwe/Gambia), Ms. Prisca Matimba Nyambe (Zambia), Mr. Alphonsus Martinus Maria Orie (Netherlands), Mr. Seymour Panton (Jamaica), Mr. Seon Ki Park (Republic of Korea), Mr. José Ricardo de Prada Solaesa (Spain), Mr. Mparany Mamy Richard Rajohnson (Madagascar), Mr. Ivo Nelson de Caires Batista Rosa (Portugal) and Mr. William H. Sekule (United Republic of Tanzania). Mr. Mparany Mamy Richard Rajohnson (Madagascar) subsequently passed away on 2 October 2018. (See A/73/578, A/73/577 and A/73/566; A/73/PV.65) B. At its 66th plenary meeting held on 15 January 2019, the General Assembly, pursuant to article 10 of the statute of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, elected Mr. Mustapha El Baaj (Morocco) as a judge of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals for a term of office until 30 June 2020. Pursuant to article 10, paragraph 3, of the Statute of the Mechanism, the Secretary-General appointed, on 28 January 2019, Mr. Mahandrisoa Edmond Randrianirina (Madagascar) to replace Mr. Mparany Mamy Richard Rajohnson (Madagascar), who passed away on 2 October 2018, for a term of office expiring on 30 June 2020. Also, pursuant to article 10, paragraph 3, of the Statute of the Mechanism, the Secretary-General appointed, on 19 February 2019, Ms. Claudia Hoefer of Germany to replace Mr. Christoph Flügge (Germany), who had resigned with effect from 7 January 2019, for a term of office expiring on 30 June 2020. As at 19 February 2019, the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals is composed of the following 25 judges: Mr. Carmel A. Agius (Malta) Mr. Yusuf Aksar (Turkey) Mr. Jean-Claude Antonetti (France) Ms. Florence Rita Arrey (Cameroon) Mr. Mustapha El Baaj (Morocco) Mr. Ben Emmerson (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) Ms. Graciela Susana Gatti Santana (Uruguay) Mr. Burton Hall (Bahamas) Ms. Claudia Hoefer (Germany) Ms. Elizabeth Ibanda-Nahamya (Uganda) Mr. Vagn Joensen (Denmark) Mr. Gberdao Gustave Kam (Burkina Faso) Mr. Liu Daqun (China) Mr. Joseph E. Chiondo Masanche (United Republic of Tanzania) Mr. Theodor Meron (United States of America) Mr. Lee Gacuiga Muthoga (Kenya) Ms. Aminatta Lois Runeni N’gum (Zimbabwe/Gambia) Ms. Prisca Matimba Nyambe (Zambia) Mr. Alphonsus Martinus Maria Orie (Netherlands) Mr. Seymour Panton (Jamaica) Mr. Seon Ki Park (Republic of Korea) Mr. José Ricardo de Prada Solaesa (Spain) Mr. Mahandrisoa Edmond Randrianirina (Madagascar) Mr. Ivo Nelson de Caires Batista Rosa (Portugal) Mr. William H. Sekule (United Republic of Tanzania). (See A/73/578, A/73/577 and A/73/566; A/73/PV.66; S/2019/84 and S/2019/170)

At its 68th plenary meeting, on 20 February 2019, the General Assembly confirmed the appointment by the Secretary-General of. Ms. Inger ANDERSEN of Denmark as the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme for a four-year term of office. Subsequently, the Secretary-General informed the General Assembly that the term of office of Ms. ANDERSEN would be from 15 June 2019 to 14 June 2023.

At its 85th plenary meeting, on 28 May 2019, the General Assembly took note of the Secretary-General’s proposed action as contained in his note.

At its 87th plenary meeting, on 4 June 2019, the General Assembly, in accordance with Article 21 of the Charter of the United Nations, rule 30 of the rules of procedure of the Assembly and paragraph 1 of the annex to resolution 33/138 of 19 December 1978, elected Mr. Tijjani MUHAMMAD BANDE of Nigeria as President of the General Assembly at its seventy-fourth session.

At its 87th plenary meeting, on 4 June 2019, the General Assembly, in accordance with rule 30 of the rules of procedure of the Assembly and paragraphs 2 and 3 of the annex to resolution 33/138 of 19 December 1978, elected the following 20 Member States as Vice-Presidents of the General Assembly at its seventy-fourth session: ARGENTINA, CABO VERDE, CHINA, THE CONGO, CROATIA, ETHIOPIA, FRANCE, INDONESIA, MALTA, OMAN, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION, SINGAPORE, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, TUNISIA, TURKEY, THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, UZBEKISTAN and ZIMBABWE. At its 103rd plenary meeting, on 30 August 2019, the General Assembly, in accordance with rule 30 of the rules of procedure of the Assembly and paragraph 16 of General Assembly decision 34/401, elected by acclamation, BELIZE as a Vice-President of the General Assembly at its seventy-fourth session. As a result, the Vice-Presidents of the General Assembly at its seventy-fourth session are the following 21 Member States: ARGENTINA, BELIZE, CABO VERDE, CHINA, THE CONGO, CROATIA, ETHIOPIA, FRANCE, INDONESIA, MALTA, OMAN, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION, SINGAPORE, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, TUNISIA, TURKEY, THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, UZBEKISTAN and ZIMBABWE.

At its 89th plenary meeting, on 7 June 2019, the General Assembly, in accordance with Article 23 of the Charter of the United Nations, rule 142 of the rules of procedure of the Assembly and paragraph 17 of Assembly resolution 68/307 of 10 September 2014, elected ESTONIA, the NIGER, SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES, TUNISIA and VIET NAM as non-permanent members of the Security Council for a two-year term of office beginning on 1 January 2020 to fill the vacancies occurring on the expiration of the terms of office of Côte d’Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Kuwait, Peru and Poland. As a result, as of 1 January 2020, the Security Council is composed of the following 15 Member States: Belgium,* China, Dominican Republic,* ESTONIA,** France, Germany,* Indonesia,* NIGER,** Russian Federation, SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES,** South Africa,* TUNISIA,** United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America and VIET NAM.** __________________ * Term of office expires on 31 December 2020. ** Term of office expires on 31 December 2021.

On 4 June 2019, the First, Special Political and Decolonization (Fourth), Second, Third and Sixth Committees of the General Assembly held meetings in accordance with rules 99 (a) and 103 of the rules of procedure of the Assembly for the purpose of electing their Chairs. At its 89th plenary meeting, on 7 June 2019, the President of the General Assembly announced that the following persons had been elected as Chairs of the First, Special Political and Decolonization (Fourth), Second, Third and Sixth Committees of the Assembly at its seventy-fourth session: First Committee: Mr. Sacha Sergio LLORENTY SOLÍZ (Plurinational State of Bolivia) Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee): Mr. Mohammed Hussein BAHR ALULOOM (Iraq) Second Committee: Mr. Cheikh NIANG (Senegal) Third Committee: Mr. Christian BRAUN (Luxembourg) Sixth Committee: Mr. Michal MLYNÁR (Slovakia)

At its 90th plenary meeting, on 14 June 2019, the General Assembly, in accordance with rule 140 of the rules of procedure of the Assembly, elected SPAIN as a member of the Economic and Social Council for the remainder of the term of office of TURKEY, beginning on 1 January 2020. At the same meeting, the General Assembly, in accordance with Article 61 of the Charter of the United Nations and rule 145 of the rules of procedure of the Assembly and paragraph 17 of Assembly resolution 68/307 of 10 September 2014, elected AUSTRALIA, BANGLADESH, BENIN, BOTSWANA, CHINA, COLOMBIA, the CONGO, FINLAND, GABON, LATVIA, MONTENEGRO, NICARAGUA, NORWAY, PANAMA, the REPUBLIC OF KOREA, the RUSSIAN FEDERATION, SWITZERLAND and THAILAND as members of the Economic and Social Council for a three-year term of office beginning on 1 January 2020 to fill the vacancies occurring on the expiration of the terms of office of ANDORRA, AZERBAIJAN, BENIN, CAMBODIA, CAMEROON, CHAD, CHINA, COLOMBIA, DENMARK, ESWATINI, NORWAY, the REPUBLIC OF KOREA, ROMANIA, the RUSSIAN FEDERATION, SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES, the UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND, VENEZUELA (BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF) and YEMEN. As a result, as of 1 January 2020, the Economic and Social Council is composed of the following 54 Member States: ANGOLA,** ARMENIA,** AUSTRALIA,*** BANGLADESH,*** BELARUS,* BENIN,*** BOTSWANA,*** BRAZIL,** CANADA,** CHINA,*** COLOMBIA,*** CONGO,*** ECUADOR,* EGYPT,** EL SALVADOR,* ETHIOPIA,** FINLAND,*** FRANCE,* GABON,*** GERMANY,* GHANA,* INDIA,* IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF),** IRELAND,* JAMAICA,** JAPAN,* KENYA,** LATVIA,*** LUXEMBOURG,** MALAWI,* MALI,** MALTA,* MEXICO,* MONTENEGRO,*** MOROCCO,* NETHERLANDS,** NICARAGUA,*** NORWAY,*** PAKISTAN,** PANAMA,*** PARAGUAY,** PHILIPPINES,* REPUBLIC OF KOREA,*** RUSSIAN FEDERATION,*** SAUDI ARABIA,** SPAIN,* SUDAN,* SWITZERLAND,*** THAILAND,*** TOGO,* TURKMENISTAN,** UKRAINE,** UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ,** AND URUGUAY.* ___________________ * Term of office expires on 31 December 2020. ** Term of office expires on 31 December 2021. *** Term of office expires on 31 December 2022.

At its 107th plenary meeting, on 16 September 2019, the General Assembly, in accordance with resolutions 67/203 of 21 December 2012 and 69/214 of 19 December 2014, decided to appoint SWITZERLAND as member of the Board of the 10-Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns for a term beginning on 16 September 2019 and ending on 15 September 2021.

At its 1st plenary meeting, on 18 September 2018, the General Assembly decided to authorize those subsidiary organs of the Assembly listed in the letter dated 4 September 2018 from the Chair of the Committee on Conferences, namely the Committee on Relations with the Host Country; the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People; the Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme/United Nations Population Fund/United Nations Office for Project Services; the Board of Auditors; the Panel of External Auditors of the United Nations, the Specialized Agencies and the International Atomic Energy Agency; and the Independent Audit Advisory Committee, to meet during the main part of the seventy-third session of the Assembly.

At its 3rd plenary meeting, on 21 September 2018, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the General Committee as set forth in its first report, adopted a number of provisions concerning the organization of the seventy-third session. At the same meeting, the General Assembly approved that the Fifth Committee would complete its work by Friday, 14 December 2018. At its 41st meeting, on 28 November 2018, the General Assembly, on the proposal of its President, decided to postpone the date of recess of the seventy-third session of the Assembly from Monday, 17 December 2018, to Friday, 21 December 2018. At the same meeting, the General Assembly, at the request of the Chair of the Second Committee, decided to extend the work of the Committee until Wednesday, 5 December 2018. At its 52nd plenary meeting, on 13 December 2018, the General Assembly, at the request of the Chair of the Fifth Committee, decided to extend the work of the Committee until Friday, 21 December 2018. At its 65th meeting, on 21 December 2018, the General Assembly, on the proposal of its President, decided to further postpone the date of recess of the seventy-third session from Friday, 21 December 2018 to Saturday, 22 December 2018. At the same meeting, the General Assembly, at the request of the Chair of the Fifth Committee, decided to extend the work of the Committee until Saturday, 22 December 2018.

At its 3rd plenary meeting, on 21 September 2018, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the General Committee as set forth in its first report, and taking note that, pursuant to resolution 57/301 of 13 March 2003, the general debate would begin on Tuesday, 25 September 2018, decided that the general debate would continue on Saturday, 29 September 2018, in order to maximize the number of speakers during that week.

A At its 3rd plenary meeting, on 21 September 2018, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the General Committee as set forth in its first report, adopted the agenda and the allocation of agenda items for the seventy-third session. At the same meeting, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the General Committee as set forth in its first report, decided to include in the agenda of its seventy-third session the item entitled “Question of the Comorian island of Mayotte”, under heading B (Maintenance of international peace and security), on the understanding that there would be no consideration of this item by the Assembly. Also at the same meeting, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the General Committee as set forth in its first report, decided to defer consideration of the item entitled “Question of the Malagasy islands of Glorieuses, Juan de Nova, Europa and Bassas da India” and to include it in the provisional agenda of its seventy-fourth session. Also at the same meeting, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the General Committee as set forth in its first report, by a recorded vote of 68 to 13, with 48 abstentions, decided to include in the agenda of its seventy-third session an item entitled “The situation in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine” under heading B (Maintenance of international peace and security). Also at the same meeting, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the General Committee as set forth in its first report, by a recorded vote of 93 to 16, with 17 abstentions, decided to include in the agenda of its seventy-third session an item entitled “The responsibility to protect and the prevention of genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity” under heading I (Organizational, administrative and other matters). At the 65th plenary meeting, on 22 December 2018, the General Assembly decided to reopen consideration of agenda item 52 entitled “Effects of atomic radiation”, under heading B (Maintenance of international peace and security). At the same meeting, the General Assembly decided to reconsider the resolution entitled “Effects of atomic radiation” (A/73/521, para 11) in accordance with rule 81 of its rules of procedure. B At its 68th plenary meeting, on 20 February 2019, the General Assembly decided to reopen consideration of sub item (a) entitled “Appointment of members of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions” of agenda item 117 entitled “Appointments to fill vacancies in subsidiary organs and other appointments”, under heading I (Organizational, administrative and other matters), to consider it directly in plenary meeting and to proceed expeditiously with the consideration of the note by the Secretary-General (A/73/101/Rev.1/Add.1). At the same meeting, the General Assembly, on the proposal of the Secretary-General (A/73/747), and having waived the relevant provisions of rule 40 of its rules of procedure, decided to include in the agenda of its seventy-third session an additional sub-item entitled “Election of the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme” as sub-item (e) of agenda item 116 entitled “Elections to fill vacancies in subsidiary organs and other elections”, under heading I (Organizational, administrative and other matters), and to consider it directly in plenary meeting; and, in accordance with rule 15 of its rules of procedure, also decided to proceed immediately with the consideration of the note by the Secretary-General (A/73/747). At the 70th plenary meeting, on 11 March 2019, the General Assembly decided to consider directly in the plenary meeting sub-item (b) entitled “South-South cooperation for development” of agenda item 25 entitled “Operational activities for development”, under heading A (Promotion of sustained economic growth and sustainable development in accordance with the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly and recent United Nations conferences), and to proceed expeditiously with the consideration of a draft decision (A/73/L.77). At the 71st plenary meeting, on 25 March 2019, the General Assembly decided to reopen consideration of sub-item (b) entitled “Appointment of members of the Committee on Contributions” of agenda item 117 entitled “Appointments to fill vacancies in subsidiary organs and other appointments”, under heading I (Organizational, administrative and other matters), to proceed expeditiously with the consideration of the report of the Fifth Committee (A/73/483/Add.2). At the 78th plenary meeting, on 24 April 2019, the General Assembly decided to reopen consideration of agenda item 15 entitled “Culture of peace” in order to proceed immediately with the high-level plenary meeting to commemorate and promote the International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace. At the 80th plenary meeting, on 9 May 2019, the General Assembly decided to consider directly in the plenary meeting agenda item 20 entitled “Sustainable development”, under heading A (Promotion of sustained economic growth and sustainable development in accordance with the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly and recent United Nations conferences), and to proceed expeditiously with the consideration of a draft resolution (A/73/L.82). At the same meeting, the General Assembly decided to reopen consideration of sub item (b) entitled “South-South cooperation for development” of agenda item 25 entitled “Operational activities for development”, under heading A (Promotion of sustained economic growth and sustainable development in accordance with the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly and recent United Nations conferences), and to proceed expeditiously with the consideration of a draft decision (A/73/L.83). Also, at the same meeting, the General Assembly decided to reopen consideration of sub item (b) entitled “Appointment of members of the Committee on Contributions” of agenda item 117 entitled “Appointments to fill vacancies in subsidiary organs and other appointments”, under heading I (Organizational, administrative and other matters), and to proceed expeditiously with the consideration of the report of the Fifth Committee (A/73/483/Add.3). At the 83rd plenary meeting, on 22 May 2019, the General Assembly decided to reopen consideration of agenda item 29 entitled “Advancement of women”, under heading A (Promotion of sustained economic growth and sustainable development in accordance with the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly and recent United Nations conferences), and to consider it directly in plenary meeting in order to proceed expeditiously with the consideration of a draft resolution (A/73/L.86). At the 85th plenary meeting, on 28 May 2019, the General Assembly decided to reopen consideration of agenda item 74 entitled “Promotion and protection of human rights”, under heading D (Promotion of human rights), and to consider it directly in plenary meeting in order to proceed expeditiously with the consideration of a draft resolution (A/73/L.85). At the 91st plenary meeting, on 20 June 2019, the General Assembly decided to consider directly in the plenary meeting agenda item 70 entitled “Promotion and protection of the rights of children”, under heading D (Promotion of human rights), and to proceed expeditiously with the consideration of a draft resolution (A/73/L.93). At the 95th plenary meeting, on 28 June 2019, the General Assembly decided to reopen consideration of sub item (b) entitled “Human rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms” of agenda item 74 entitled “Promotion and protection of human rights”, under heading D (Promotion of human rights), and to proceed expeditiously with the consideration of a draft resolution (A/73/L.88). At its 98h plenary meeting, on 10 July 2019, the General Assembly decided to consider directly in plenary meeting sub item (b) entitled “Follow-up to and implementation of the SIDS Accelerated Modalities of Action (SAMOA) Pathway and the Mauritius Strategy for the Further Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States” of agenda item 20 entitled “Sustainable development”, under heading A (Promotion of sustained economic growth and sustainable development in accordance with the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly and recent United Nations conferences), and to proceed expeditiously with the consideration of a draft decision (A/73/L.98). At the same meeting, the General Assembly decided to reopen consideration of sub item (h) entitled “Appointment of the judges of the United Nations Dispute Tribunal” of agenda item 117 entitled “Appointments to fill vacancies in subsidiary organs and other appointments”, under heading I (Organizational, administrative and other matters), and to proceed expeditiously with the appointment of four new half-time judges (See A/73/911 and Corr.1 and A/73/917). At the 100th plenary meeting, on 19 July 2019, the General Assembly decided to reopen consideration of agenda item 32 entitled “Report of the Peacebuilding Commission”, under heading B (Maintenance of international peace and security), and to proceed expeditiously with the consideration of the note of the Secretary-General (A/73/946).

At its 17th plenary meeting, on 8 October 2018, the General Assembly took note of the report of the Secretary-General on the work of the Organization* *Official Records of the General Assembly, Seventy-third Session, Supplement No.1 (A/73/1)

At its 21st plenary meeting, on 17 October 2018, the General Assembly took note of the sixth annual report of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (A/73/289-S/2018/569).

At its 25th plenary meeting, on 25 October 2018, the General Assembly took note of the report of the International Court of Justice (Official Records of the General Assembly, Seventy-third Session, Supplement No.4 (A/73/4))

At its 33rd plenary meeting, on 5 November 2018, the General Assembly took note of the report of the Economic and Social Council (Official Records of the General Assembly, Seventy-third Session, Supplement No.3 (A/73/3))

At its 41st plenary meeting, on 28 November 2018, the General Assembly, on the proposal of its President, guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, adopted at the World Conference on Human Rights on 25 June 1993, recalling its resolution 2217 A (XXI) of 19 December 1966 on the International Year for Human Rights, specifically its recommendation C that a prize or prizes should be awarded, for the first time, on 10 December 1968, on the occasion of the celebration of the twentieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and that, thereafter, prizes should not be awarded more often than at five-year intervals, and recognizing that 2018 marks the seventieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action and the establishment of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights: (a) Decided to hold the award ceremony for the United Nations prize in the field of human rights at the plenary meeting of the General Assembly on 18 December 2018, immediately after the commemorative meeting on the occasion of the seventieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, (b) Decided further that the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights would address the plenary meeting.

At its 45th plenary meeting, on 5 December 2018, the General Assembly took note of the report of the First Committee.

At its 45th plenary meeting, on 5 December 2018, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the First Committee , decided to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-fifth session the item entitled “Maintenance of international security — good-neighbourliness, stability and development in South-Eastern Europe”.

At its 45th plenary meeting, on 5 December 2018, the General Assembly, by a recorded vote of 128 to 3, with 48 abstentions, on the recommendation of the First Committee , recalling its resolution 72/250 of 24 December 2017 and other resolutions on this matter, decided: (a) To welcome the commencement of the work of the United Nations Group of Governmental Experts tasked with considering and making recommendations on substantial elements of an international legally binding instrument on the prevention of an arms race in outer space, including, inter alia, on the prevention of the placement of weapons in outer space; (b) To welcome the discussions in subsidiary body 3 of the Conference on Disarmament on the prevention of an arms race in outer space; (c) To include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-fourth session, under the item entitled “Prevention of an arms race in outer space”, the sub-item entitled “Further practical measures for the prevention of an arms race in outer space”.

At its 45th plenary meeting, on 5 December 2018, the General Assembly, by a recorded vote of 174 to 2, with 7 abstentions, on the recommendation of the First Committee , recalling its resolutions 54/54 F of 1 December 1999, 55/33 A of 20 November 2000, 56/24 B of 29 November 2001, 57/71 of 22 November 2002, 58/37 of 8 December 2003, 59/67 of 3 December 2004, 61/59 of 6 December 2006 and 63/55 of 2 December 2008 and its decisions 60/515 of 8 December 2005, 62/514 of 5 December 2007, 65/517 of 8 December 2010, 66/516 of 2 December 2011, 67/516 of 3 December 2012, 68/517 of 5 December 2013, 69/517 of 2 December 2014 and 71/516 of 5 December 2016, decided to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-fifth session the item entitled “Missiles”.

At its 45th plenary meeting, on 5 December 2018, the General Assembly, by a recorded vote of 181 to 0, with 2 abstentions , on the recommendation of the First Committee , the General Assembly, recalling its resolution 71/67 of 5 December 2016 and its decision 72/514 of 4 December 2017, and noting that the group of governmental experts on nuclear disarmament verification has commenced its work, decided to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-fourth session, under the item entitled “General and complete disarmament”, the sub-item entitled “Nuclear disarmament verification”.

At its 45th plenary meeting, on 5 December 2018, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the First Committee, approved the provisional programme of work and timetable of the Committee for 2019, as set out in the annex to the report of the Committee.

At its 45th plenary meeting, on 5 December 2018, the General Assembly took note of the report of the First Committee.

At its 48th plenary meeting, on 7 December 2018, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) , taking note of the applications of Cyprus, Ethiopia, Finland, Mauritius and Paraguay for membership in the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, decided to appoint those States Members of the United Nations as members of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space

At its 48th plenary meeting, on 7 December 2018, the General Assembly took note of the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee)

At its 48th plenary meeting, on 7 December 2018, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) , recalling its decision 72/520 of 7 December 2017: (a) Urged the Governments of Spain and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, while listening to the interests and aspirations of Gibraltar that are legitimate under international law, to reach, in the spirit of the Brussels Declaration of 27 November 1984, a definitive solution to the question of Gibraltar, in the light of the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly and applicable principles, and in the spirit of the Charter of the United Nations; (b) Took note of the desire of the United Kingdom to continue with the trilateral Forum for Dialogue; (c) Took note of the position of Spain that the trilateral Forum for Dialogue did not exist any longer and should be replaced with a new mechanism for local cooperation in which the people of the Campo de Gibraltar and Gibraltar are represented; (d) Welcomed the efforts made by all to resolve problems and advance in a spirit of trust and solidarity, in order to find common solutions and move forward in areas of mutual interest towards a relationship based on dialogue and cooperation.

At its 48th plenary meeting, on 7 December 2018, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee), approved the proposed programme of work and timetable of the Fourth Committee for the seventy-fourth session of the Assembly, as set out in the report of the Committee.

At its 48th plenary meeting, on 7 December 2018, the General Assembly took note of the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee).

At its 52nd plenary meeting, on 13 December 2018, the General Assembly, on the proposal of its President, recalling its resolutions 67/290 of 9 July 2013, 69/313 of 27 July 2015, 70/1 of 25 September 2015, 70/299 of 29 July 2016, 71/225 of 21 December 2016, 72/139 of 12 December 2017 and 72/251 of 24 December 2017, and recalling also its resolution 57/301 of 13 March 2003, in particular paragraph 2 thereof, and its resolution 71/323 of 8 September 2017, decided: (a) That the general debate of the seventy-fourth session of the General Assembly would be held from Tuesday, 24 September, to Saturday, 28 September, and on Monday, 30 September 2019; (b) To hold the high-level meeting on universal health coverage on Monday, 23 September, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 3 to 6 p.m., in accordance with resolution 72/139; (c) To hold the high-level political forum under the auspices of the General Assembly on Tuesday, 24 September, from 3 to 6 p.m. and on Wednesday, 25 September, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 3 to 6 p.m.; (d) To hold the High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development of the General Assembly on Thursday, 26 September, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 3 to 6 p.m., and to hold on the same day the high-level meeting to commemorate and promote the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 3 to 6 p.m., in accordance with resolution 72/251; (e) To hold the high-level meeting to review progress made in addressing the priorities of small island developing States through the implementation of the SIDS Accelerated Modalities of Action (SAMOA) Pathway on Friday, 27 September, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 3 to 6 p.m., in accordance with resolution 71/225; (f) That each high-level meeting would not have any parallel meetings, subject to the provisions in the resolution entitled “Scope, modalities, format and organization of the high-level meeting on universal health coverage”.

At its 55th plenary meeting, on 17 December 2018, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Third Committee, decided to take note of the following documents under the item entitled “Advancement of women”: (a) Report of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on its sixty-seventh, sixty-eighth and sixty-ninth sessions; (b) Report of the Secretary-General on the intensification of efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls; (c) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences.

At its 55th plenary meeting, on 17 December 2018, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Third Committee, took note of the Report of the Committee on the Rights of the Child , submitted under the item entitled “promotion and protection of the rights of children”.

At its 55th plenary meeting, on 17 December 2018, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Third Committee, took note of the following documents submitted under the item entitled “Promotion and protection of human rights”: Under sub-item 74 (a): (a) Report of the Committee against Torture on its sixty-first, sixty-second and sixty-third sessions; (b) Report of the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families on its twenty-seventh and twenty-eighth sessions; (c) Report of the Committee on Enforced Disappearances on its thirteenth and fourteenth sessions; (d) Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations voluntary trust fund on contemporary forms of slavery; (e) Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture; (f) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Chairs of the human rights treaty bodies on their 30th meeting; (g) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the interim report of the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment; (h) Note by the Secretariat on the Special Fund established by the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment; Under sub-item 74 (b): (a) Report of the Secretary-General on globalization and its impact on the full enjoyment of all human rights; (b) Report of the Secretary-General on the twentieth anniversary of the Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms; (c) Report of the Secretary-General on the effects of terrorism on the enjoyment of human rights; (d) Note by the Secretariat on the right to development; (e) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences; (f) Note by the Secretariat transmitting the report of the Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity; (g) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities; (h) Note by the Secretariat transmitting the report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation; (i) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises; (j) Note by the Secretariat on the United Nations declaration on the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas; (k) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons; (l) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants; (m) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Independent Expert on the effects of foreign debt and other related international financial obligations of States on the full enjoyment of all human rights, particularly economic, social and cultural rights; (n) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism; (o) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Special Rapporteur on the issue of human rights obligations relating to the enjoyment of a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment; (p) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Special Rapporteur on minority issues; (q) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Independent Expert on human rights and international solidarity; (r) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders; (s) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the interim report of the Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health; (t) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights; (u) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to education; (v) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; (w) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, and on the right to non-discrimination in this context; (x) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non recurrence; (y) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression; (z) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism; (aa) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers; (bb) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy; Under sub-item 74 (c): (a) Note by the Secretariat on the situation of human rights in Somalia; (b) Note by the Secretariat on the report of the Commission of Inquiry on Burundi; (c) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus; (d) Note by the Secretariat on the situation of human rights in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, Ukraine; (e) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967; Under sub-item 74 (d): Note by the Secretariat on the report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.

At its 55th plenary meeting, on 17 December 2018, the General Assembly took note of the report of the Third Committee

At its 55th plenary meeting, on 17 December 2018, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Third Committee, decided to take note of the following documents submitted under the item entitled “Crime prevention and criminal justice”: (a) Report of the Secretary-General on the follow-up to the Thirteenth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice and preparations for the Fourteenth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice; (b) Report of the Secretary-General on technical assistance in implementing the international conventions and protocols related to terrorism; (c) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption on its seventh session.

At its 55th plenary meeting, on 17 December 2018, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Third Committee, approved the programme of work of the Third Committee for the seventy-fourth session of the Assembly as set out below: Item 1. Social development: (a) Implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development and of the twenty-fourth special session of the General Assembly; (b) Social development, including questions relating to the world social situation and to youth, ageing, persons with disabilities and the family. Item 2. Crime prevention and criminal justice. Item 3. International drug control. Item 4. Advancement of women. Item 5. Promotion and protection of the rights of children: (a) Promotion and protection of the rights of children; (b) Follow-up to the outcome of the special session on children. Item 6. Rights of indigenous peoples: (a) Rights of indigenous peoples; (b) Follow-up to the outcome document of the high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly known as the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples. Item 7. Promotion and protection of human rights: (a) Implementation of human rights instruments; (b) Human rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms; (c) Human rights situations and reports of special rapporteurs and representatives; (d) Comprehensive implementation of and follow-up to the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action. Item 8. Elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance: (a) Elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance; (b) Comprehensive implementation of and follow-up to the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action. Item 9. Right of peoples to self-determination. Item 10. Report of the Human Rights Council. Item 11. Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, questions relating to refugees, returnees and displaced persons and humanitarian questions. Item 12. Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes. Item 13. Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly.

At its 55th plenary meeting, on 17 December 2018, the General Assembly took note of the report of the Third Committee.

At its 57th plenary meeting, on 18 December 2018, the General Assembly decided, without setting a precedent, to invite the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to make a statement at the commemorative meeting

At its 59th plenary meeting, on 18 December 2018, the General Assembly decided, without setting a precedent, to invite Ms. Michelle Bachelet, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights; Mr. Michel Forst, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders; Her Excellency Ine Eriksen Søreide, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Norway; Ms. Hina Jilani, Advocate Supreme Court of Pakistan, Member of The Elders; Ms. Alice Mogwe, Director of Ditshwanelo - The Botswana Center for Human Rights; and Ms. Florence Simbiri-Jaoko, the Special Envoy of the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions and former Chair of Kenya’s National Human Rights Institution, to make statements at the high-level plenary meeting

At its 62nd plenary meeting, on 20 December 2017, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Sixth Committee, noted that the Sixth Committee had decided to adopt the following provisional programme of work for the seventy-fourth session of the General Assembly, as proposed by the Bureau: Provisional programme of work 7 October Organization of work of the Sixth Committee 7 and 8 October Measures to eliminate international terrorism 9 October Criminal accountability of United Nations officials and experts on mission 10 and 11 October The rule of law at the national and international levels 11 October Responsibility of States for internationally wrongful acts Diplomatic protection 14 and 15 October The scope and application of the principle of universal jurisdiction 15 October Administration of justice at the United Nations 17 October Report of the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization 18 October Request(s) for observer status 21 October Report of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law on the work of its fifty-second session 22 October Consideration of prevention of transboundary harm from hazardous activities and allocation of loss in the case of such harm 22 October The law of transboundary aquifers 25 October United Nations Programme of Assistance in the Teaching, Study, Dissemination and Wider Appreciation of International Law 28 October to 1 November and 5 and 6 November Report of the International Law Commission on the work of its seventy-first session 11 November Report of the Committee on Relations with the Host Country 12 November Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly 20 November Programme planning Election of the officers of the Main Committees 24 October and 7 November Reserved

At its 62nd plenary meeting, on 20 December 2018, the General Assembly took note of the report of the Sixth Committee

At its 62nd plenary meeting, on 20 December 2018, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Sixth Committee, decided to defer a decision on the request for observer status for the Cooperation Council of Turkic-speaking States in the Assembly until the seventy-fourth session of the Assembly

At its 62nd plenary meeting, on 20 December 2018, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Sixth Committee, decided to defer a decision on the request for observer status for the Eurasian Economic Union in the Assembly until the seventy-fourth session of the Assembly.

At its 62nd plenary meeting, on 20 December 2018, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Sixth Committee, decided to defer a decision on the request for observer status for the Community of Democracies in the Assembly until the seventy-fourth session of the Assembly.

At its 62nd plenary meeting, on 20 December 2018, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Sixth Committee, decided to defer a decision on the request for observer status for the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands Secretariat in the Assembly until the seventy-fourth session of the Assembly.

At its 62nd plenary meeting, on 20 December 2018, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Sixth Committee, decided to defer a decision on the request for observer status for the Global Environment Facility in the Assembly until the seventy-fourth session of the Assembly.

At its 62nd plenary meeting, on 20 December 2018, the General Assembly took note of the report of the Second Committee

At its 62nd plenary meeting, on 20 December 2018, the General Assembly took note of the report of the Second Committee.

At its 62nd plenary meeting, on 20 December 2018, the General Assembly took note of the report of the Second Committee

At its 62nd plenary meeting, on 20 December 2018, the General Assembly took note of the report of the Second Committee.

At its 62nd plenary meeting, on 20 December 2018, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Second Committee, took note of the Note by the Secretary-General on the organization of work of the second High-level United Nations Conference on South-South Cooperation, and decided to recommend the draft provisional rules of procedure of the Conference and the provisional agenda of the Conference contained in annexes I and II to the note, respectively, for adoption by the Conference

At its 62nd plenary meeting, on 20 December 2018, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Second Committee, approved, subject to any subsequent decision by the Assembly, the programme of work of the Committee for the seventy-fourth session of the Assembly as set out below. The Assembly further invited the Bureau of the Second Committee at its seventy-fourth session, in preparing the draft programme of work and timetable of the Committee for its seventy-fourth session, to take into account the provisional programme of work and timetable of the Committee as contained in document A/C.2/73/CRP.1. Draft programme of work Item 1. Information and communications technologies for sustainable development. Item 2. Macroeconomic policy questions: (a) International trade and development; (b) International financial system and development; (c) External debt sustainability and development; (d) Commodities; (e) Financial inclusion for sustainable development; (f) Promotion of international cooperation to combat illicit financial flows and strengthen good practices on assets return to foster sustainable development. Item 3. Follow-up to and implementation of the outcomes of the International Conferences on Financing for Development. Item 4. Sustainable development: (a) Implementation of Agenda 21, the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21 and the outcomes of the World Summit on Sustainable Development and of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development; (b) Follow-up to and implementation of the SIDS Accelerated Modalities of Action (SAMOA) Pathway and the Mauritius Strategy for the Further Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States; (c) Disaster risk reduction; (d) Protection of global climate for present and future generations of humankind; (e) Implementation of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa; (f) Convention on Biological Diversity; (g) Education for sustainable development; (h) Harmony with Nature; (i) Ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all; (j) Combating sand and dust storms; (k) Sustainable mountain development. Item 5. Globalization and interdependence: (a) Role of the United Nations in promoting development in the context of globalization and interdependence; (b) Science, technology and innovation for sustainable development; (c) Culture and sustainable development; (d) Development cooperation with middle-income countries. Item 6. Groups of countries in special situations: (a) Follow-up to the Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries; (b) Follow-up to the second United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries. Item 7. Eradication of poverty and other development issues: (a) Implementation of the Third United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (2018–2027); (b) Women in development; (c) Human resources development; (d) Eradicating rural poverty to implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Item 8. Operational activities for development: (a) Operational activities for development of the United Nations system; (b) South-South cooperation for development. Item 9. Agriculture development, food security and nutrition. Item 10. Permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and of the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan over their natural resources.

At its 62nd plenary meeting, on 20 December 2018, the General Assembly took note of the report of the Second Committee

At its 65th plenary meeting, on 22 December 2018, the General Assembly, by a recorded vote of 88 to 4, with 75 abstentions , on the recommendation of the First Committee , decided: (a) To entrust to the Secretary-General the convening, no later than 2019 for a duration of one week at United Nations Headquarters, of a conference on the establishment of a Middle East zone free of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction, to which all States of the Middle East, the three co-sponsors of the resolution on the Middle East adopted by the 1995 Review and Extension Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, in the light of their responsibility for the implementation of that resolution, the other two nuclear-weapon States and the relevant international organizations shall be invited, provided that: (i) The conference shall take as its terms of reference the resolution on the Middle East adopted by the 1995 Review and Extension Conference; (ii) The conference shall aim at elaborating a legally binding treaty establishing a Middle East zone free of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction, on the basis of arrangements freely arrived at by the States of the region; (iii) All decisions emanating from the conference shall be taken by consensus by the States of the region; (b) To affirm the special responsibility of the three co-sponsors of the resolution on the Middle East adopted by the 1995 Review and Extension Conference, as the depository States of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, and to call upon them to fulfil their relevant obligations in accordance with the agreed outcomes of the 1995, 2000 and 2010 Review Conferences; (c) To request the International Atomic Energy Agency, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and the Biological Weapons Convention Implementation Support Unit to prepare the background documents necessary for the conference; (d) To request the Secretary-General to convene annual sessions of the conference for a duration of one week at United Nations Headquarters until the conference concludes the elaboration of a legally binding treaty establishing a Middle East zone free of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction; (e) To also request the Secretary-General to report annually to the General Assembly on developments in this regard.

A At its 65th plenary meeting, on 22 December, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Fifth Committee, Section A Decided to defer until the first part of its resumed seventy-third session consideration of the following documents: Item 136 Programme budget for the biennium 2018–2019 Review of the experience of the utilization of the contingency fund Report of the Secretary-General on the review of the experience of the utilization of the contingency fund Related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions Section B Decided to defer until the main part of its seventy-fourth session consideration of the following documents: Item 136 Programme budget for the biennium 2018–2019 United Nations Office for Partnerships Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Office for Partnerships Capital master plan Sixteenth annual progress report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the capital master plan Report of the Board of Auditors on the capital master plan for the year ended 31 December 2017 Report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the recommendations of the Board of Auditors contained in its reports for the year ended 31 December 2017 on the United Nations and on the capital master plan Related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions Fifteenth annual progress report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the capital master plan Report of the Board of Auditors on the capital master plan for the year ended 31 December 2016 Report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the recommendations of the Board of Auditors contained in its reports for the year ended 31 December 2016 on the United Nations and on the capital master plan Related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions Fourteenth annual progress report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the capital master plan Report of the Board of Auditors on the capital master plan for the year ended 31 December 2015 Report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the recommendations of the Board of Auditors contained in its report on the capital master plan for the year ended 31 December 2015 Related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions Estimates in respect of special political missions, good offices and other political initiatives authorized by the General Assembly and/or the Security Council Report of the Secretary-General on the review of arrangements for funding and backstopping special political missions Related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions Item 141 Human resources management Report of the Secretary-General entitled “Global human resources strategy 2019–2021: building a more effective, transparent and accountable United Nations” Report of the Secretary-General on the overview of human resources management reform for the period 2017–2018 Report of the Secretary-General entitled “Composition of the Secretariat: staff demographics” Report of the Secretary-General entitled “Composition of the Secretariat: gratis personnel, retired staff and consultants and individual contractors” Related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions Report of the Secretary-General on mobility Report of the Secretary-General on mobility Related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions Report of the Secretary-General on the assessment of the system of desirable ranges Related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions Report of the Secretary-General on amendments to the Staff Regulations and Rules Related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions Report of the Secretary-General on the practice of the Secretary-General in disciplinary matters and cases of possible criminal behaviour, 1 July to 31 December 2017 Report of the Secretary-General on the activities of the Ethics Office Related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions Item 142 Joint Inspection Unit Note by the Secretary-General drawing attention to the report of the Joint Inspection Unit entitled “Review of mechanisms and policies addressing conflict of interest in the United Nations system” Note by the Secretary-General transmitting his comments and those of the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination on the report of the Joint Inspection Unit entitled “Review of Mechanisms and Policies addressing Conflict of Interest in the United Nations system” Note by the Secretary-General drawing attention to the report of the Joint Inspection Unit entitled “Review of internship programmes in the United Nations system” Note by the Secretary-General transmitting his comments and those of the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination on the report of the Joint Inspection Unit entitled “Review of internship programmes in the United Nations system” Item 145 Administrative and budgetary coordination of the United Nations with the specialized agencies and the International Atomic Energy Agency Note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination on the budgetary and financial situation of the organizations of the United Nations system B At its 75th plenary meeting, on 15 April 2019, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Fifth Committee,10 decided to defer until its seventy-fourth session consideration of the following documents: Item 136 Programme budget for the biennium 2018–2019 Global service delivery model for the United Nations Secretariat Report of the Secretary-General on the global service delivery model for the United Nations Secretariat Related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions Review of the experience of the utilization of the contingency fund Report of the Secretary-General on the review of the experience of the utilization of the contingency fund Related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions C At its 97th plenary meeting, on 3 July 2019, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Fifth Committee, decided to defer until the seventy-fourth session consideration of the following documents: Item 150 Administrative and budgetary aspects of the financing of the United Nations peacekeeping operations Closed peacekeeping missions Report of the Secretary-General on the updated financial position of closed peacekeeping missions as at 30 June 2018 Related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions Report of the Secretary-General on the updated financial position of closed peacekeeping missions as at 30 June 2017 Related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions Report of the Secretary-General on the updated financial position of closed peacekeeping missions as at 30 June 2016 Related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions Report of the Secretary-General on the updated financial position of closed peacekeeping missions as at 30 June 2015 Related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions Report of the Secretary-General on the updated financial position of closed peacekeeping missions as at 30 June 2014 Related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions Report of the Secretary-General on the updated financial position of closed peacekeeping missions as at 30 June 2013 Related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions Report of the Secretary-General on the updated financial position of closed peacekeeping missions as at 30 June 2012 Related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions Report of the Secretary-General on the updated financial position of closed peacekeeping missions as at 30 June 2011 Related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions

At its 65th plenary meeting, on 22 December 2018, the General Assembly, apart from organizational matters and items that may have to be considered by operation of the rules of procedure of the Assembly, decided that the following agenda items remained for consideration during its seventy-third session: Item 9. Report of the Economic and Social Council. Item 11. Implementation of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and the political declarations on HIV/AIDS Item 13. 2001–2010: Decade to Roll Back Malaria in Developing Countries, Particularly in Africa Item 14. Integrated and coordinated implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of the major United Nations conferences and summits in the economic, social and related fields Item 16. The role of the United Nations in promoting a new global human order Item 18. Macroeconomic policy questions: (d) Promotion of international cooperation to combat illicit financial flows and strengthen good practices on assets return to foster sustainable development Item 19. Follow-up to and implementation of the outcomes of the International Conferences on Financing for Development Item 20. Sustainable development: (a) Implementation of Agenda 21, the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21 and the outcomes of the World Summit on Sustainable Development and of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (b) Follow-up to and implementation of the SIDS Accelerated Modalities of Action (SAMOA) Pathway and the Mauritius Strategy for the Further Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States (d) Protection of global climate for present and future generations of humankind (h) Harmony with Nature Item 22. Globalization and interdependence: (b) International migration and development Item 23. Groups of countries in special situations (b) Follow-up to the second United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries Item 25. Operational activities for development: (b) South-South cooperation for development Item 31. Report of the Security Council Item 32. Report of the Peacebuilding Commission. Item 33. The role of diamonds in fuelling conflict. Item 34. Prevention of armed conflict: (a) Prevention of armed conflict; (b) Strengthening the role of mediation in the peaceful settlement of disputes, conflict prevention and resolution. Item 35. Protracted conflicts in the GUAM area and their implications for international peace, security and development. Item 36. Complete withdrawal of foreign military forces from the territory of the Republic of Moldova. Item 37. Zone of peace and cooperation of the South Atlantic. Item 38. The situation in the Middle East. Item 39. Question of Palestine. Item 41. The situation in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan Item 42. Question of the Comorian island of Mayotte Item 44. The situation in Central America: progress in fashioning a region of peace, freedom, democracy and development Item 45. Question of Cyprus Item 46. Armed aggression against the Democratic Republic of the Congo Item 47. Question of the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) Item 48. The situation of democracy and human rights in Haiti Item 49. Armed Israeli aggression against the Iraqi nuclear installations and its grave consequences for the established international system concerning the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons and international peace and security Item 50. Consequences of the Iraqi occupation of and aggression against Kuwait Item 56. Comprehensive review of the whole question of peacekeeping operations in all their aspects Item 65. Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, questions relating to refugees, returnees and displaced persons and humanitarian questions Item 66. Peacebuilding and sustaining peace Item 67. The situation in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine Item 68. New Partnership for Africa’s Development: progress in implementation and international support: (a) New Partnership for Africa’s Development: progress in implementation and international support (b) Causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa Item 70. Promotion and protection of the rights of children: (a) Promotion and protection of the rights of children Item 71. Rights of indigenous peoples: (a) Rights of indigenous peoples Item 72. Elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance Item 75. Strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance of the United Nations, including special economic assistance: (a) Strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations (b) Assistance to the Palestinian people (c) Special economic assistance to individual countries or regions Item 78. Oceans and the law of the sea: (a) Oceans and the law of the sea Item 88. Request for an advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the legal consequences of the separation of the Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius in 1965 Item 89. Request for an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice on the consequences of legal obligations of States under different sources of international law with respect to immunities of Heads of State and Government and other senior officials Item 101. General and complete disarmament: (a) Treaty banning the production of fissile material for nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices; (b) Nuclear disarmament; (c) Notification of nuclear tests; (d) Relationship between disarmament and development; (e) Regional disarmament; (f) Conventional arms control at the regional and subregional levels; (g) Convening of the fourth special session of the General Assembly devoted to disarmament; (h) Observance of environmental norms in the drafting and implementation of agreements on disarmament and arms control; (i) Follow-up to the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the legality of the threat or use of nuclear weapons; (j) Consolidation of peace through practical disarmament measures; (k) Implementation of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction; (l) Measures to uphold the authority of the 1925 Geneva Protocol; (m) Implementation of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction; (n) Assistance to States for curbing the illicit traffic in small arms and light weapons and collecting them; (o) Treaty on a Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone in Central Asia; (p) Reducing nuclear danger; (q) The illicit trade in small arms and light weapons in all its aspects; (r) Towards a nuclear-weapon-free world: accelerating the implementation of nuclear disarmament commitments; (s) Mongolia’s international security and nuclear-weapon-free status; (t) Missiles; (u) Disarmament and non-proliferation education; (v) Promotion of multilateralism in the area of disarmament and non proliferation; (w) Measures to prevent terrorists from acquiring weapons of mass destruction; (x) Confidence-building measures in the regional and subregional context; (y) The Hague Code of Conduct against Ballistic Missile Proliferation; (z) Information on confidence-building measures in the field of conventional arms; (aa) Transparency and confidence-building measures in outer space activities; (bb) The Arms Trade Treaty; (cc) Effects of the use of armaments and ammunitions containing depleted uranium; (dd) Preventing the acquisition by terrorists of radioactive sources; (ee) United action with renewed determination towards the total elimination of nuclear weapons; (ff) Preventing and combating illicit brokering activities; (gg) Women, disarmament, non-proliferation and arms control; (hh) Follow-up to the 2013 high-level meeting of the General Assembly on nuclear disarmament; (ii) Countering the threat posed by improvised explosive devices; (jj) Humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons; (kk) Ethical imperatives for a nuclear-weapon-free world; (ll) Implementation of the Convention on Cluster Munitions; (mm) Universal Declaration on the Achievement of a Nuclear-Weapon-Free World; (nn) Nuclear disarmament verification; (oo) Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Item 109. Crime prevention and criminal justice Item 113. Report of the Secretary-General on the Peacebuilding Fund Item 114. Notification by the Secretary-General under Article 12, paragraph 2, of the Charter of the United Nations Item 115. Elections to fill vacancies in principal organs: (a) Election of non-permanent members of the Security Council (b) Election of members of the Economic and Social Council Item 116. Elections to fill vacancies in subsidiary organs and other elections: (a) Election of members of the Committee for Programme and Coordination (b) Election of members of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law Item 117. Appointments to fill vacancies in subsidiary organs and other appointments: (g) Appointment of members of the Board of the 10-Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns Item 118. Admission of new Members to the United Nations Item 119. Follow-up to the outcome of the Millennium Summit Item 120. The United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy Item 121. Commemoration of the abolition of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade. Item 122. Implementation of the resolutions of the United Nations Item 123. Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly Item 124. Question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and other matters related to the Security Council Item 125. Strengthening of the United Nations system: (a) Strengthening of the United Nations system (b) Central role of the United Nations system in global governance Item 126. United Nations reform: measures and proposals Item 127. Multilingualism Item 128. Cooperation between the United Nations and regional and other organizations: (a) Cooperation between the United Nations and the African Union (c) Cooperation between the United Nations and the Asian-African Legal Consultative Organization (e) Cooperation between the United Nations and the Latin American Caribbean Economic System (f) Cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization of American States (g) Cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (h) Cooperation between the United Nations and the Caribbean Community (i) Cooperation between the United Nations and the Economic Cooperation Organization (j) Cooperation between the United Nations and the International Organization of la Francophonie (m) Cooperation between the United Nations and the Economic Community of Central African States (p) Cooperation between the United Nations and the Pacific Islands Forum (r) Cooperation between the United Nations and the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries (s) Cooperation between the United Nations and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (t) Cooperation between the United Nations and the Collective Security Treaty Organization (x) Cooperation between the United Nations and the International Organization for Migration (z) Cooperation between the United Nations and the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea Item 129. Global health and foreign policy Item 130. International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals Item 131. Investigation into the conditions and circumstances resulting in the tragic death of Dag Hammarskjöld and of the members of the party accompanying him Item 132. Sexual exploitation and abuse: implementing a zero-tolerance policy Item 134. Financial reports and audited financial statements, and reports of the Board of Auditors Item 135. Review of the efficiency of the administrative and financial functioning of the United Nations Item 136. Programme budget for the biennium 2018–2019 Item 137. Programme planning Item 138. Improving the financial situation of the United Nations Item 139. Pattern of conferences Item 140. Scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of the United Nations Item 141. Human resources management Item 142. Joint Inspection Unit Item 143. United Nations common system Item 144. United Nations pension system Item 145. Administrative and budgetary coordination of the United Nations with the specialized agencies and the International Atomic Energy Agency Item 146. Report on the activities of the Office of Internal Oversight Services Item 147. Administration of justice at the United Nations Item 148. Financing of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals Item 149. Scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of United Nations peacekeeping operations Item 150. Administrative and budgetary aspects of the financing of the United Nations peacekeeping operations Item 151. Financing of the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei Item 152. Financing of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic. Item 153. Financing of the United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire. Item 154. Financing of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus. Item 155. Financing of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Item 156. Financing of the United Nations Mission in East Timor. Item 157. Financing of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti. Item 158. Financing of the United Nations Mission for Justice Support in Haiti. Item 159. Financing of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo. Item 160. Financing of the United Nations Mission in Liberia. Item 161. Financing of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali. Item 162. Financing of the United Nations peacekeeping forces in the Middle East: Item 163. Financing of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan. Item 164. Financing of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara. Item 165. Financing of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur. Item 166. Financing of the activities arising from Security Council resolution 1863 (2009). Item 168. The responsibility to protect and the prevention of genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity.

At its 70th plenary meeting, on 11 March 2019, the General Assembly, on the proposal of its President (A/73/L.77) , recalling its resolution 71/318 of 28 August 2017, and taking note of the note by the Secretariat (A/73/780) , decided to accredit the organizations identified in the note and invite them to participate as intergovernmental organizations in the work of the second High-level United Nations Conference on South-South Cooperation, with observer status, in accordance with paragraph 8 of resolution 71/318.

At its 71st plenary meeting, on 25 March 2019, the General Assembly decided, without setting a precedent, to invite Ms. Kate Gilmore, United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights; Mr. Noureddine Amir, Chair of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination; and Ms. Tendayi Achiume, Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, to make statements at the commemorative meeting on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.

At its 72nd plenary meeting, on 25 March 2019, the General Assembly decided, without setting a precedent, to invite Mr. Christopher Cozier of Trinidad and Tobago, an artist and a Prince Claus Laureate, to make a keynote statement at the commemorative meeting on the occasion of the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade.

At its 74th plenary meeting, on 10 April 2019, the General Assembly decided, without setting a precedent, to invite the President of the Economic and Social Council to make a statement at the high-level plenary meeting to commemorate the one-hundredth anniversary of the establishment of the International Labour Organization.

At the 80th plenary meeting, on 9 May 2019, the General Assembly, on the proposal of Uganda, recalling its resolution 71/318 of 28 August 2017 on the second High-level United Nations Conference on South-South Cooperation, which was held in Buenos Aires from 20 to 22 March 2019, in particular paragraph 13 thereof, on the twentieth session of the High-level Committee on South-South Cooperation, decided: (a) To further postpone the twentieth session of the High-level Committee, which was to be held in 2019, to May 2020; (b) That the twentieth session of the High-level Committee should consist of a one-day organizational meeting and a four-day substantive session.

At the 92nd plenary meeting, on 25 June 2019, the General Assembly, on the proposal of the President: (a) Decided to reaffirm the central role of the General Assembly concerning the question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and other matters related to the Security Council; (b) Also decided to immediately continue intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council reform in informal plenary of the General Assembly at its seventy-fourth session, as mandated by Assembly decisions 62/557 of 15 September 2008, 63/565 B of 14 September 2009, 64/568 of 13 September 2010, 65/554 of 12 September 2011, 66/566 of 13 September 2012, 67/561 of 29 August 2013, 68/557 of 8 September 2014, 69/560 of 14 September 2015, 70/559 of 27 July 2016, 71/553 of 19 July 2017 and 72/557 of 29 June 2018, building on the informal meetings held during its seventy-third session and on the revised elements of commonality and issues for further consideration, circulated on 7 June 2019, as well as the positions of and proposals made by Member States, reflected in the text and its annex circulated on 31 July 2015, to help to inform its future work, (c) Welcomed the active engagement, initiatives and intensive efforts of the President of the General Assembly, and noted with appreciation the active role and concrete efforts of the Co-Chairs undertaken in a consultative manner with a view to an early comprehensive reform of the Security Council; (c) Further decided to convene the Open-ended Working Group on the Question of Equitable Representation on and Increase in the Membership of the Security Council and Other Matters related to the Security Council during the seventy-fourth session of the General Assembly, if Member States so decide; (d) Decided to include in the agenda of the seventy-fourth session of the General Assembly the item entitled “Question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and other matters related to the Security Council”.

At its 97th plenary meeting, on 3 July 2019, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Fifth Committee (A/73/936, para. 11), decided that all resolutions relating to the peacekeeping budget and special political missions adopted at its 97th meeting, on 3 July 2019, under agenda items 136, 150 to 155 and 157 to 166, would be effective as from 1 July 2019.

At the 98th plenary meeting, on 10 July 2019, the General Assembly, on the proposal of the President (A/73/L.98), recalling its resolution 72/307 of 27 July 2018, and taking note of the note by the Secretary-General (A/73/919), decided to endorse the recommendations by the Secretariat for the accreditation of major groups organizations not in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council but wishing to participate in the high-level review of the SIDS Accelerated Modalities of Action (SAMOA) Pathway, as contained in annex I of the note by the Secretary-General.

Commemoration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development A At its 99th plenary meeting, on 16 July 2019, the General Assembly, under rule 81 of its rules of procedure, decided to reconsider the provision contained in paragraph 3 of its resolution 73/303 of 28 June 2019. B At its 99th plenary meeting, on 16 July 2019, the General Assembly, on the proposal of its President, decided that the high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly to mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development would also feature statements by the Minister of Health and Population of Egypt, Her Excellency Hala Zayed, and the Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Inter-Agency Affairs, Ms. Maria-Francesca Spatolisano, in lieu of a statement by the Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs; and that the representative of civil society identified by the President of the General Assembly, namely, Ms. Banice Mbuki Mburu, would make a statement at the opening segment of the high-level plenary meeting.

At its 100th plenary meeting, at the proposal of the Secretary-General (A/73/946), the General Assembly approved, notwithstanding paragraph 70 of resolution 62/236, the exceptional extension of the term of Mr. Oscar Fernandez-Taranco (Argentina) as Assistant Secretary-General for Peacebuilding Support by two years, until 31 October 2021.

At its 104th plenary meeting, on 9 September 2019, the General Assembly, on the proposal of its President, decided, without setting a precedent, to invite Mr. Lassina Zerbo, Executive Secretary of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization and Her Excellency Annika Thunborg, Ambassador of Sweden to Mexico and former Spokesperson and Chief of Public Information of the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, to make statements at the high-level meeting to commemorate and promote the International Day against Nuclear Tests.

At its 105th plenary meeting, on 10 September 2019, the General Assembly took note of the note by the Secretary-General (A/73/300).

At its 106th plenary meeting, on 12 September 2019, the General Assembly took note of the report of the Security Council (A/73/2).

A At its 107th plenary meeting, on 16 September 2019, the General Assembly, under rule 81 of its rules of procedure, decided to reconsider the provision contained in paragraph in paragraph 2 of resolution 73/301 of 20 June 2019. B At its 107th plenary meeting, on 16 September 2019, the General Assembly, on the proposal of its President, decided that the high-level commemorative event would also feature a statement by Ms. Muzoon Almellehan and that she would speak immediately after the Secretary-General of the United Nations and before the Executive Director of the United Nations Children’s Fund.

At its 107th plenary meeting, on 16 September 2019, the General Assembly decided to defer consideration of the sub-item entitled “Strengthening the role of mediation in the peaceful settlement of disputes, conflict prevention and resolution” of the agenda item entitled “Prevention of armed conflict” and to include it in the draft agenda of its seventy-fourth session.

At its 107th plenary meeting, on 16 September 2019, the General Assembly decided to include the item entitled “Zone of peace and cooperation of the South Atlantic” in the draft agenda of its seventy-fourth session.

At its 107th plenary meeting, on 16 September 2019, the General Assembly decided to defer consideration of the item entitled “The situation in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan” and to include it in the draft agenda of its seventy-fourth session.

At its 107th plenary meeting, on 16 September 2019, the General Assembly decided to include the item entitled “Question of the Comorian island of Mayotte” in the draft agenda of its seventy-fourth session.

At its 107th plenary meeting, on 16 September 2019, the General Assembly, by a recorded vote of 65 to 17, with 54 abstentions, decided to include the item entitled “The situation in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine” in the draft agenda of its seventy-fourth session.

At its 107th plenary meeting, on 16 September 2019, the General Assembly decided to include the item entitled “Request for an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice on the consequences of legal obligations of States under different sources of international law with respect to immunities of Heads of State and Government and other senior officials” in the draft agenda of its seventy-fourth session.

At its 107th plenary meeting, on 16 September 2019, the General Assembly decided to include the sub-item entitled “Appointment of members of the Board of the 10-Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns” of the agenda item entitled “Appointments to fill vacancies in subsidiary organs and other appointments” in the draft agenda of its seventy-fourth session.

At its 107th plenary meeting, on 16 September 2019, the General Assembly decided to include the item entitled “Implementation of the resolutions of the United Nations” in the draft agenda of its seventy-fourth session.

At its 107th plenary meeting, on 16 September 2019, the General Assembly decided to defer consideration of the item entitled “Financing of the United Nations Mission in East Timor” and to include it in the draft agenda of its seventy-fourth session.

At its 107th plenary meeting, on 16 September 2019, the General Assembly, by a recorded vote of 92 to 15, with 27 abstentions , decided to include the item entitled “The responsibility to protect and the prevention of genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity” in the draft agenda of its seventy-fourth session.

At its 1st plenary meeting, on 17 September 2019, the General Assembly, in accordance with rule 28 of its rules of procedure, appointed a Credentials Committee for its seventy-fourth session consisting of the following Member States: BARBADOS, BOTSWANA, CHINA, MAURITIUS, NEPAL, RUSSIAN FEDERATION, SAN MARINO, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and URUGUAY.

At its 14th plenary meeting, on 10 October 2019, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Fifth Committee, appointed Donna - Marie Chiurazzi-Maxfield as a member of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions for a term of office beginning on 14 October 2019 and ending on 31 December 2020, as a result of the resignation of David Traystman. At its 29th plenary meeting, on 8 November 2019, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Fifth Committee, appointed the following persons as members of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions for a three-year term of office beginning on 1 January 2020: Patrick A. Chuasoto, Udo Klaus Fenchel, Olivio Fermín, Marcel Jullier, Takeshi Matsunaga and Ye Xuenong. As a result, as of 1 January 2020, the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions is composed as follows: Bachar Bong ABDALLAH (Chad),* Yves Éric AHOUSSOUGBEMEY (Benin),** Amjad Qaid AL KUMAIM (Yemen),** Makiese Kinkela AUGUSTO (Angola),** Pavel CHERNIKOV (Russian Federation),* Donna - Marie CHIURAZZI-MAXFIELD (United States of America),* Patrick A. CHUASOTO (Philippines),*** Udo Klaus FENCHEL (Germany), *** Olivio FERMIN (Dominican Republic), *** Ihor HUMENNYI (Ukraine),** Conrod HUNTE (Antigua and Barbuda),** Marcel JULLIER (Switzerland), *** Julia A. MACIEL GONZÁLEZ (Paraguay),* Takeshi MATSUNAGA (Japan),*** Cihan TERZI (Turkey)* and YE Xuenong (China).*** __________________ * Term of office expires on 31 December 2020. ** Term of office expires on 31 December 2021. *** Term of office expires on 31 December 2022. B On 31August 2020, the General Assembly appointed Suzuki Yoriko as a member of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions for a term of office beginning on 31 August 2020 and ending on 31 December 2022, as a result of the resignation of Matsunaga Takeshi. As a result, as of 31 August 2020, the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions is composed as follows: Bachar Bong ABDALLAH (Chad),* Yves Éric AHOUSSOUGBEMEY (Benin),** Amjad Qaid AL KUMAIM (Yemen),** Makiese Kinkela AUGUSTO (Angola),** Pavel CHERNIKOV (Russian Federation),* Donna - Marie CHIURAZZI-MAXFIELD (United States of America),* Patrick A. CHUASOTO (Philippines),*** Udo Klaus FENCHEL (Germany), *** Olivio FERMIN (Dominican Republic), *** Ihor HUMENNYI (Ukraine),** Conrod HUNTE (Antigua and Barbuda),** Marcel JULLIER (Switzerland), *** Julia A. MACIEL GONZÁLEZ (Paraguay),* SUZUKI Yoriko (Japan),*** Cihan TERZI (Turkey)* and YE Xuenong (China).*** __________________ * Term of office expires on 31 December 2020. ** Term of office expires on 31 December 2021. *** Term of office expires on 31 December 2022.

On 7 October 2019, the Fifth Committee of the General Assembly held a meeting in accordance with rules 99 (a) and 103 of the rules of procedure of the Assembly for the purpose of electing its Chair. At the 14th plenary meeting of the General Assembly, on 10 October 2019, the President of the Assembly announced that Andreas MAVROYIANNIS of Cyprus had been elected as Chair of the Fifth Committee of the Assembly at its seventy-fourth session.

At its 17th plenary meeting, on 17 October 2019, the General Assembly approved the appointment by the Secretary-General of Fatoumata Ndiaye as Under-Secretary-General for Internal Oversight Services for a fixed term of five years beginning on 25 October 2019 and ending on 24 October 2024.

At its 17th plenary meeting, on 17 October 2019, the General Assembly, pursuant to its resolutions 60/251 of 15 March 2006 and 65/281 of 17 June 2011, elected ARMENIA, BRAZIL, GERMANY, INDONESIA, JAPAN, LIBYA, the MARSHALL ISLANDS, MAURITANIA, NAMIBIA, the NETHERLANDS, POLAND, the REPUBLIC OF KOREA, the SUDAN, VENEZUELA (BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF) as members of the Human Rights Council for a three-year term of office beginning on 1 January 2020 to fill the vacancies occurring on the expiration of the terms of office of BRAZIL, CHINA, CROATIA, CUBA, EGYPT, HUNGARY, ICELAND, IRAQ, JAPAN, RWANDA, SAUDI ARABIA, SOUTH AFRICA, TUNISIA and the UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND. As a result, as of 1 January 2020, the Human Rights Council is composed of the following 47 Member States: AFGHANISTAN*, ANGOLA*, ARGENTINA**, ARMENIA***, AUSTRALIA*, AUSTRIA**, BAHAMAS**, BAHRAIN**, BANGLADESH**, BRAZIL***, BULGARIA**, BURKINA FASO**, CAMEROON**, CHILE*, CZECHIA**, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO*, DENMARK**, ERITREA**, FIJI**,GERMANY***, INDIA**, INDONESIA***, ITALY**, JAPAN***, LIBYA***, MARSHALL ISLANDS***, MAURITANIA***, MEXICO*, NAMIBIA***, NEPAL*, NETHERLANDS***, NIGERIA*, PAKISTAN*, PERU*, PHILIPPINES**, POLAND***, QATAR*, REPUBLIC OF KOREA***, SENEGAL*, SLOVAKIA*, SOMALIA**, SPAIN*, SUDAN***, TOGO**, UKRAINE*, URUGUAY** and VENEZUELA (BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF)***. __________________ * Term of office expires on 31 December 2020. ** Term of office expires on 31 December 2021. *** Term of office expires on 31 December 2022.

A At its 29th plenary meeting, on 8 November 2019, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Fifth Committee, appointed the following persons as members of the Committee on Contributions for a three-year term of office beginning on 1 January 2020: Cheikh Tidiane Dème, Gordon Eckersley, Bernardo Greiver del Hoyo, Ugo Sessi and Alejandro Torres Lépori. At its 36th plenary meeting, on 27 November 2019, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Fifth Committee, appointed Mohamed Mahmoud Ould El Ghaouth as a member of the Committee on Contributions for a three-year term of office beginning on 1 January 2020. As a result, as of 1 January 2020, the Committee on Contributions is composed as follows: Syed Yawar ALI (Pakistan),** Jakub CHMIELEWSKI (Poland),** Cheikh Tidiane DÈME (Senegal),*** Gordon ECKERSLEY (Australia),*** Mohamed Mahmoud Ould EL GHAOUTH (Mauritania),*** Bernardo GREIVER DEL HOYO (Uruguay),*** Michael HOLTSCH (Germany),* Vadim LAPUTIN (Russian Federation),* Robert Ngei MULE (Kenya),** NA Sang-deok (Republic of Korea),* Toshiro OZAWA (Japan),** Tõnis SAAR (Estonia),** Henrique da Silveira SARDINHA PINTO (Brazil),* Brett Dennis SCHAEFER (United States of America),** Ugo SESSI (Italy),*** Alejandro TORRES LÉPORI (Argentina),*** Steve TOWNLEY (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)* and ZHANG Wei (China).* ___________________ * Term of office expires on 31 December 2020. ** Term of office expires on 31 December 2021. *** Term of office expires on 31 December 2022. B On 13 April 2020, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Fifth Committee, appointed Jun Ji-sun (Republic of Korea) as a member of the Committee on Contributions for a term of office beginning on 13 April 2020 and ending on 31 December 2020, as a result of the resignation of Na Sang-deok (Republic of Korea). On 5 June 2020, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Fifth Committee, appointed Lin Shan (China) as a member of the Committee on Contributions for a term of office beginning on 5 June 2020 and ending on 31 December 2020, as a result of the resignation of Zhang Wei (China). As a result, as of 13 April 2020, the Committee on Contributions is composed as follows: Syed Yawar ALI (Pakistan),** Jakub CHMIELEWSKI (Poland),** Cheikh Tidiane DÈME (Senegal),*** Gordon ECKERSLEY (Australia),*** Mohamed Mahmoud Ould EL GHAOUTH (Mauritania),*** Bernardo GREIVER DEL HOYO (Uruguay),*** Michael HOLTSCH (Germany),* JUN Ji-sun (Republic of Korea),* Vadim LAPUTIN (Russian Federation),* LIN Shan (China),* Robert Ngei MULE (Kenya),** Toshiro OZAWA (Japan),** Tõnis SAAR (Estonia),** Henrique da Silveira SARDINHA PINTO (Brazil),* Brett Dennis SCHAEFER (United States of America),** Ugo SESSI (Italy),*** Alejandro TORRES LÉPORI (Argentina) ,*** and Steve TOWNLEY (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland).* and ZHANG Wei (China).* ___________________ * Term of office expires on 31 December 2020. ** Term of office expires on 31 December 2021. *** Term of office expires on 31 December 2022.

At its 29th plenary meeting, on 8 November 2019, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Fifth Committee, confirmed the reappointment by the Secretary-General of the following persons as regular members of the Investments Committee for a three-year term of office beginning on 1 January 2020: Simon Jiang, Achim Kassow, Michael S. Klein and Luciane Ribeiro. At the same meeting, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Fifth Committee, confirmed the reappointment by the Secretary-General of Madhav Dhar as a regular member and as Chair of the Investments Committee for a one-year term of office beginning on 1 January 2020. At the same meeting, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Fifth Committee, confirmed the appointment by the Secretary-General of the following persons as ad hoc members of the Investments Committee for a one-year term of office, beginning on 1 January 2020: Tay Lim Hock, Abel Moffat Sithole, Katina Stefanova and Macky Tall. As a result, as of 1 January 2020, the Investments Committee is composed as follows : Madhav DHAR (India, regular member and Chair),* Keiko HONDA (Japan, regular member),** Simon JIANG (China, regular member),*** Achim KASSOW (Germany, regular member),*** Michael S. KLEIN (United States of America, regular member),*** Luciane RIBEIRO (Brazil, regular member),*** Abel Moffat SITHOLE (South Africa, ad hoc member),* Katina STEFANOVA (Bulgaria, ad hoc member),* Macky TALL (Canada, ad hoc member),* and TAY Lim Hock (Singapore, ad hoc member).* ___________________ * Term of office expires on 31 December 2020. ** Term of office expires on 31 December 2021. *** Term of office expires on 31 December 2022.

At its 29th plenary meeting, on 8 November 2019, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Fifth Committee, appointed the Auditor-General of the National Audit Office of China as a member of the Board of Auditors for a six year term of office beginning on 1 July 2020. As a result, the Board of Auditors is composed as follows: Auditor-General of the National Audit Office of CHINA,*** German Supreme Audit Institution* and Comptroller General of the REPUBLIC OF CHILE.** ___________________ * Term of office expires on 30 June 2022. ** Term of office expires on 30 June 2024. *** Term of office expires on 30 June 2026.

A At its 29th plenary meeting, on 8 November 2019, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Fifth Committee, appointed Dorothy Bradley and Anton V. Kosyanenko as members of the Independent Audit Advisory Committee for a three-year term of office beginning on 1 January 2020. As a result, as of 1 January 2020, the Independent Audit Advisory Committee is composed as follows: Dorothy BRADLEY (Belize),** Anton V. KOSYANENKO (Russian Federation),** Richard Quartei QUARTEY (Ghana)* and Janet ST. LAURENT (United States of America).* __________________ * Term of office expires on 31 December 2020. ** Term of office expires on 31 December 2022. B On 13 April 2020, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Fifth Committee, appointed Agus Joko Pramono (Indonesia) as a member of the Independent Audit Advisory Committee for a term of office beginning on 13 April 2020 and ending on 31 December 2022. As a result, as of 13 April 2020, the Independent Audit Advisory Committee is composed as follows: Dorothy BRADLEY (Belize),** Anton V. KOSYANENKO (Russian Federation),** Agus Joko PRAMONO (Indonesia),** Richard Quartei QUARTEY (Ghana)* and Janet ST. LAURENT (United States of America).* __________________ * Term of office expires on 31 December 2020. ** Term of office expires on 31 December 2022.

At its 36th plenary meeting, on 27 November 2019, the General Assembly, on the basis of nominations by the Economic and Social Council and in accordance with the annex to Council resolution 2008 (LX) of 14 May 1976 and Assembly decision 42/450 of 17 December 1987, elected CHINA, COMOROS, LIBERIA, MAURITANIA, REPUBLIC OF KOREA and URUGUAY as members of the Committee for Programme and Coordination for a three-year term of office beginning on 1 January 2020 to fill the vacancies occurring on the expiration of the terms of office of BANGLADESH, CHINA, EGYPT, ERITREA, HAITI, REPUBLIC OF KOREA and SENEGAL. As a result, as of 1 January 2020, the Committee for Programme and Coordination is composed of the following 31 Member States: ANGOLA,** ARGENTINA,** BELARUS,* BOTSWANA,* BRAZIL,* BULGARIA,* BURKINA FASO,* CAMEROON,* CHAD,* CHILE,* CHINA,*** COMOROS,*** CUBA,* ETHIOPIA,** FRANCE,** GERMANY,* INDIA,* IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF),* ITALY,* JAPAN,* LIBERIA,*** MAURITANIA,*** PAKISTAN,* PARAGUAY,** PORTUGAL,* REPUBLIC OF KOREA,*** REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA,* RUSSIAN FEDERATION,** UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND,* UNITED STATES OF AMERICA* and URUGUAY.*** ___________________ * Term of office expires on 31 December 2020. ** Term of office expires on 31 December 2021. *** Term of office expires on 31 December 2022.

At its 36th plenary meeting, on 27 November 2019, the General Assembly, in accordance with paragraph 2 of its resolution 43/222 B of 21 December 1988, took note of the appointment by its President, after consultations with the Chairs of the regional groups concerned, of ALGERIA, AUSTRIA, CHINA, COMOROS, JAMAICA, JAPAN and THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA as members of the Committee on Conferences for a three-year term of office beginning on 1 January 2020. As a result, as of 1 January 2020, the Committee on Conferences is composed of the following 21 Member States: ALGERIA,*** AUSTRIA,*** BOTSWANA,* BRAZIL,* CHINA,*** COMOROS,*** ECUADOR,** FRANCE,* GERMANY,** GHANA,** GUYANA,** IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF),** IRAQ,* JAMAICA,*** JAPAN,*** NEPAL,* RUSSIAN FEDERATION,* SENEGAL,** SIERRA LEONE,* UKRAINE** and THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.*** ___________________ * Term of office expires on 31 December 2020. ** Term of office expires on 31 December 2021. *** Term of office expires on 31 December 2022.

At its 36th plenary meeting, on 27 November 2019, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Fifth Committee, appointed Tomoya Yamaguchi as a member of the United Nations Staff Pension Committee for a term of office beginning on 27 November 2019 and ending on 31 December 2020. As a result, the United Nations Staff Pension Committee is composed as follows: Dmitry CHUMAKOV (Russian Federation), Lovemore MAZEMO (Zimbabwe), Philip Richard Okanda OWADE (Kenya), Pía POROLI (Argentina), Md. Mustafizur RAHMAN (Bangladesh), Thomas A. REPASCH, Jr. (United States of America), Jörg STOSBERG (Germany) and Tomoya YAMAGUCHI (Japan).

At its 51st plenary meeting, on 18 December 2019, the General Assembly, pursuant to its resolutions 60/180 of 20 December 2005 and 63/145 of 18 December 2008, elected PERU and SLOVAKIA as members of the Organizational Committee of the Peacebuilding Commission for a two-year term of office beginning on 1 January 2020 to fill the vacancies occurring on the expiration of the terms of office of CZECHIA and EL SALVADOR. Pursuant to paragraphs 4 (a) to (d) of resolution 60/180, 28 States have already been elected and/or selected as members of the Organizational Committee of the Peacebuilding Commission: EGYPT, GUATEMALA, KENYA, MEXICO and NEPAL elected by the Assembly; CHINA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, FRANCE, NIGER, RUSSIAN FEDERATION, UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND and UNITED STATES OF AMERICA selected by the Security Council; BRAZIL, COLOMBIA, IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF), IRELAND, MALI and REPUBLIC OF KOREA elected by the Economic and Social Council; CANADA, GERMANY, JAPAN, NORWAY and SWEDEN selected by and from among the top 10 providers of assessed contributions to United Nations budgets and of voluntary contributions to United Nations funds, programmes and agencies, including a standing peacebuilding fund; and BANGLADESH, ETHIOPIA, INDIA, PAKISTAN and RWANDA selected by and from among the top 10 providers of military personnel and civilian police to United Nations missions. As a result, on 1 January 2020, the Organizational Committee of the Peacebuilding Commission is composed of the following 30 Member States: BANGLADESH,** BRAZIL,**** CANADA,** CHINA,* COLOMBIA,**** DOMINICAN REPUBLIC,** EGYPT,** ETHIOPIA,** FRANCE,* GERMANY,** GUATEMALA,** INDIA,** IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF),**** IRELAND,**** JAPAN,** KENYA,** MALI,**** MEXICO,** NEPAL,** NIGER,** NORWAY,** PAKISTAN,** PERU,*** REPUBLIC OF KOREA,**** RUSSIAN FEDERATION,* RWANDA,** SLOVAKIA,*** SWEDEN,** UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND* and UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.* __________________ * Permanent members of the Security Council. ** Term of office expires on 31 December 2020. *** Term of office expires on 31 December 2021. **** Term of office expires on 31 December 2020 or when they cease to be members of the Council, whichever comes earlier.

At its 52nd plenary meeting, on 27 December 2019, the General Assembly, in accordance with resolutions 67/203 of 21 December 2012 and 69/214 of 19 December 2014, decided to appoint HUNGARY as member of the Board of the 10-Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns for a term beginning on 27 December 2019 and ending on 15 September 2021 . B At its 64th plenary meeting, on 11 September 2020, the General Assembly, in accordance with resolutions 67/203 of 21 December 2012 and 69/214 of 19 December 2014, decided to appoint BHUTAN as member of the Board of the 10-Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns for a term beginning on 11 September 2020 and ending on 15 September 2021. As a result, as of 11 September 2020, the Board of the 10-Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns is composed of the following three Member States : BHUTAN,* HUNGARY* and SWITZERLAND.* __________________ * Term of office expires on 15 September 2021.

At its 60th plenary meeting, on 3 March 2020, the General Assembly, in light of the decision of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People conveyed by its Chair to the President of the General Assembly, took note of the change in the membership of the Committee where UKRAINE ceased its membership in the Committee, effective 1 January 2020. As a result, the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People is composed of the following twenty-five States: AFGHANISTAN, BELARUS, BOLIVIA (PLURINATIONAL STATE OF), CUBA, CYPRUS, ECUADOR, GUINEA, GUYANA, INDIA, INDONESIA, LAO PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC, MADAGASCAR, MALAYSIA, MALI, MALTA, NAMIBIA, NICARAGUA, NIGERIA, PAKISTAN, SENEGAL, SIERRA LEONE, SOUTH AFRICA, TUNISIA, TURKEY and VENEZUELA (BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF).

At its 60th plenary meeting, on 3 March 2020, the General Assembly, pursuant to article 3, paragraph 2, of the statute of the Joint Inspection Unit, contained in the annex to resolution 31/192 of 22 December 1976, appointed Jesús Miranda Hita, Victor Moraru, Gönke Roscher and Tesfaalem Seyoum as members of the Joint Inspection Unit for a five-year term of office beginning on 1 January 2021 and expiring on 31 December 2025. As a result, as of 1 January 2021, the Joint Inspection Unit is composed as follows: Gopinathan ACHAMKULANGARE (India),** Jean Wesley CAZEAU (Haiti),** Eileen CRONIN (United States of America),* Jorge FLORES CALLEJAS (Honduras),* Keiko KAMIOKA (Japan),*** Nikolay LOZINSKIY (Russian Federation),** Jesús MIRANDA HITA (Spain),**** Victor MORARU (Republic of Moldova),**** Sukai PROM-JACKSON (Gambia),** Gönke ROSCHER (Germany) **** and Tesfaalem SEYOUM (Eritrea).**** __________________ * Term of office expires on 31 December 2021. ** Term of office expires on 31 December 2022. *** Term of office expires on 31 December 2024. **** Term of office expires on 31 December 2025.

On 17 June 2020, the General Assembly, in accordance with Article 21 of the Charter of the United Nations, rule 30 of the rules of procedure of the Assembly and paragraph 1 of the annex to resolution 33/138 of 19 December 1978, as well as decision 74/557 of 29 May 2020, elected Mr. Volkan BOZKIR of Turkey as President of the General Assembly at its seventy-fifth session.

On 17 and 18 June 2020, the General Assembly, in accordance with Article 23 of the Charter of the United Nations, rule 142 of the rules of procedure of the Assembly and paragraph 17 of Assembly resolution 68/307 of 10 September 2014, as well as decision 74/557 of 29 May 2020, elected INDIA, IRELAND, KENYA, MEXICO and NORWAY as non-permanent members of the Security Council for a two-year term of office beginning on 1 January 2021 to fill the vacancies occurring on the expiration of the terms of office of BELGIUM, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, GERMANY, INDONESIA and SOUTH AFRICA. As a result, as of 1 January 2021, the Security Council is composed of the following 15 Member States: CHINA, ESTONIA,* FRANCE, INDIA,** IRELAND,** KENYA,** MEXICO,** NIGER,* NORWAY,** RUSSIAN FEDERATION, SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES,* TUNISIA,* UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and VIET NAM.* __________________ * Term of office expires on 31 December 2021. ** Term of office expires on 31 December 2022.

On 17 June 2020, the General Assembly, in accordance with Article 61 of the Charter of the United Nations, rule 145 of the rules of procedure of the Assembly and paragraph 17 of Assembly resolution 68/307 of 10 September 2014, as well as decision 74/557 of 29 May 2020, elected ARGENTINA, AUSTRIA, BOLIVIA (PLURINATIONAL STATE OF), BULGARIA, FRANCE, GERMANY, GUATEMALA, INDONESIA, JAPAN, LIBERIA, LIBYA, MADAGASCAR, MEXICO, NIGERIA, PORTUGAL, SOLOMON ISLANDS, UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND and ZIMBABWE as members of the Economic and Social Council for a three-year term of office beginning on 1 January 2021 to fill the vacancies occurring on the expiration of the terms of office of BELARUS, ECUADOR, EL SALVADOR, FRANCE, GERMANY, GHANA, INDIA, IRELAND, JAPAN, MALAWI, MALTA, MEXICO, MOROCCO, PHILIPPINES, SPAIN, SUDAN, TOGO and URUGUAY. As a result, as of 1 January 2021, the Economic and Social Council is composed of the following 54 Member States: ANGOLA,* ARGENTINA,*** ARMENIA,* AUSTRALIA,** AUSTRIA,*** BANGLADESH,** BENIN,** BOLIVIA (PLURINATIONAL STATE OF),*** BOTSWANA,** BRAZIL,* BULGARIA,*** CANADA,* CHINA,** COLOMBIA,** CONGO,** EGYPT,* ETHIOPIA,* FINLAND,** FRANCE,*** GABON,** GERMANY,*** GUATEMALA,*** INDONESIA,*** IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF),* JAMAICA,* JAPAN,*** KENYA,* LATVIA,** LIBERIA,*** LIBYA,*** LUXEMBOURG,* MADAGASCAR,*** MALI,* MEXICO,*** MONTENEGRO,** NETHERLANDS,* NICARAGUA,** NIGERIA,*** NORWAY,** PAKISTAN,* PANAMA,** PARAGUAY,* PORTUGAL,*** REPUBLIC OF KOREA,** RUSSIAN FEDERATION,** SAUDI ARABIA,* SOLOMON ISLANDS,*** SWITZERLAND,** THAILAND,** TURKMENISTAN,* UKRAINE,* UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND,*** UNITED STATES OF AMERICA* and ZIMBABWE.*** ___________________ * Term of office expires on 31 December 2021. ** Term of office expires on 31 December 2022. *** Term of office expires on 31 December 2023.

On 29 June 2020, the General Assembly, in accordance with rule 30 of the rules of procedure of the Assembly and paragraphs 2 and 3 of the annex to resolution 33/138 of 19 December 1978 as well as Assembly decisions 74/544 of 27 March 2020 and 74/555 of 15 May 2020, elected the following 21 Member States as Vice-Presidents of the General Assembly at its seventy-fifth session: AFGHANISTAN, ALBANIA, CAMEROON, CHINA, ESWATINI, FRANCE, GRENADA, JORDAN, LEBANON, LIBYA, MALI, MONACO, PALAU, PARAGUAY, PERU, RUSSIAN FEDERATION, SOMALIA, TOGO, TURKMENISTAN, UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND and UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. As a result, the Vice-Presidents of the General Assembly at its seventy-fifth session are the following 21 Member States: AFGHANISTAN, ALBANIA, CAMEROON, CHINA, ESWATINI, FRANCE, GRENADA, JORDAN, LEBANON, LIBYA, MALI, MONACO, PALAU, PARAGUAY, PERU, RUSSIAN FEDERATION, SOMALIA, TOGO, TURKMENISTAN, UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND and UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

On 11 June 2020, the First, Special Political and Decolonization (Fourth), Second, Third. Fifth and Sixth Committees of the General Assembly elected their Chairs in accordance with rules 99 (a) and 103 of the rules of procedure of the Assembly as well as General Assembly decisions 74/555 of 15 May 2020 and 74/557 of 29 May 2020. At its 63rd plenary meeting on 4 September 2020, the President of the General Assembly announced that the following persons had been elected as Chairs of the First, Special Political and Decolonization (Fourth), Second, Third, Fifth and Sixth Committees of the Assembly at its seventy-fifth session: First Committee: Agustín Santos Maraver (Spain) Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee): Collen Vixen Kelapile (Botswana) Second Committee: Amrit Bahadur Rai (Nepal) Third Committee: Katalin Annamária Bogyay (Hungary) Fifth Committee: Carlos Amorín (Uruguay) Sixth Committee: Milenko Esteban Skoknic Tapia (Chile)

At its 1st plenary meeting, on 17 September 2019, the General Assembly decided to authorize those subsidiary organs of the Assembly and entities listed in the letter dated 3 September 2019 from the Chair of the Committee on Conferences, namely the United Nations Appeals Tribunal; the Independent Audit Advisory Committee; the Group of Governmental Experts on Advancing Responsible State Behaviour in Cyberspace in the Context of International Security; the Open-ended Working Group on Developments in the Field of Information and Telecommunications in the Context of International Security; the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People; the Committee on Relations with the Host Country; the conference on the establishment of a Middle East zone free of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction; and the Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme/United Nations Population Fund/United Nations Office for Project Services, to meet during the main part of the seventy-fourth session of the Assembly.

At its 2nd plenary meeting, on 20 September 2019, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the General Committee as set forth in its first report, adopted a number of provisions concerning the organization of the seventy-fourth session. At the same meeting, the General Assembly took note of the information provided in paragraph 36 of the same report of the General Committee concerning debates on the items on its agenda. At the same meeting, the General Assembly took note of the information provided in paragraph 43 of the same report of the General Committee concerning conduct of the meetings of the plenary, including on the order and the format of statements. At the same meeting, the General Assembly took note of the information provided in paragraph 52 of the same report of the General Committee concerning sponsorship of draft resolutions and decisions. At the same meeting, the General Assembly took note of the information provided in paragraph 53 of the same report of the General Committee concerning rights of reply. At its 39th plenary meeting, on 5 December 2019, the General Assembly, on the proposal of its President, decided to postpone the date of recess of the seventy-fourth session of the Assembly from Monday, 16 December 2019, to Tuesday, 24 December 2019. At the same meeting, the General Assembly, at the request of the Chair of the Fifth Committee, decided to extend the work of the Committee until Tuesday, 24 December 2019. At its 52nd plenary meeting, on 24 December 2019, the General Assembly, on the proposal of its President, decided to postpone the date of recess of the seventy-fourth session of the Assembly from Tuesday, 24 December 2019, to Friday, 27 December 2019. At the same meeting, the General Assembly, at the request of the Chair of the Fifth Committee, decided to extend the work of the Committee until Friday, 27 December 2019.

A At its 2nd plenary meeting, on 20 September 2019, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the General Committee as set forth in its first report, adopted the agenda and the allocation of agenda items for the seventy-fourth session. At the same meeting, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the General Committee as set forth in its first report, decided to include in the agenda of its seventy-fourth session the item entitled “Question of the Comorian island of Mayotte”, under heading B (Maintenance of international peace and security), on the understanding that there would be no consideration of this item by the Assembly. Also at the same meeting, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the General Committee as set forth in its first report, decided to defer consideration of the item entitled “Question of the Malagasy islands of Glorieuses, Juan de Nova, Europa and Bassas da India” and to include it in the provisional agenda of its seventy-fifth session. Also at the same meeting, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the General Committee as set forth in its first report, by a recorded vote of 79 to 13, with 17 abstentions, decided to include in the agenda of its seventy-fourth session an item entitled “The responsibility to protect and the prevention of genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity” under heading I (Organizational, administrative and other matters). At its 19th plenary meeting, on 23 October 2019, the General Assembly, on the proposal of the Secretary-General, having waived the relevant provisions of rule 40 of its rules of procedure, decided to include in the agenda of its seventy-fourth session an additional sub-item entitled “Appointment of members and alternate members of the United Nations Staff Pension Committee”, as sub-item (j) of agenda item 115 entitled “Appointments to fill vacancies in subsidiary organs and other appointments” under heading I (Organizational, administrative and other matters), and to allocate it to the Fifth Committee. At its 52nd plenary meeting, on 19 December 2019, the General Assembly decided to consider directly in the plenary meeting sub-item (b) entitled “International financial system and development” of agenda item 17 entitled “Macroeconomic policy questions”, under heading A (Promotion of sustained economic growth and sustainable development in accordance with the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly and recent United Nations conferences), and to proceed expeditiously with the consideration of a draft resolution (A/74/L.38). B On 31 March 2020, the General Assembly decided to consider directly in plenary agenda item 163 entitled “Financing of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur”, under heading I (Organizational, administrative and other matters), and to proceed expeditiously with the consideration of a draft resolution (A/74/L.50). On 2 April 2020, the General Assembly decided to reopen consideration of agenda item 79 entitled “Report of the International Law Commission on the work of its seventy-first session”, under heading F (Promotion of justice and international law), and to consider it directly in plenary in order to proceed expeditiously with the consideration of a draft decision (A/74/L.45). On 2 April 2020, the General Assembly decided to reopen consideration of sub-item (b) entitled “Report of the Disarmament Commission” of agenda item 100 entitled “Review of the implementation of the recommendations and decisions adopted by the General Assembly at its tenth special session”, under heading G (Disarmament), and to consider it directly in plenary in order to proceed expeditiously with the consideration of a draft decision (A/74/L.43). On 13 April 2020, the General Assembly decided to reopen consideration of agenda item 106 entitled “Crime prevention and criminal justice”, under heading H (Drug control, crime prevention and combating international terrorism in all its forms and manifestations), and to consider it directly in plenary in order to proceed expeditiously with the consideration of a draft decision (A/74/L.47). On 13 April 2020, the General Assembly decided to reopen consideration of sub-item (b) entitled “Appointment of members of the Committee on Contributions” of agenda item 115 entitled “Appointments to fill vacancies in subsidiary organs and other appointments”, under heading I (Organizational, administrative and other matters), and to proceed expeditiously with the consideration of the report of the Fifth Committee (A/74/525/Add.2). On 13 April 2020, the General Assembly decided to consider directly in plenary agenda item 133 entitled “Review of the efficiency of the administrative and financial functioning of the United Nations”, under heading I (Organizational, administrative and other matters), and to proceed expeditiously with the consideration of a draft resolution (A/74/L.53) and a draft decision (A/74/L.54). On 13 April 2020, the General Assembly decided to consider directly in plenary agenda item 147 entitled “Financing of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals”, under heading I (Organizational, administrative and other matters), and to proceed expeditiously with the consideration of a draft resolution (A/74/L.55). On 14 May 2020, the General Assembly decided to reopen consideration of sub-item (e) entitled “Implementation of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa” of agenda item 19 entitled “Sustainable development”, under heading A (Promotion of sustained economic growth and sustainable development in accordance with the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly and recent United Nations conferences), and to consider it directly in plenary in order to proceed expeditiously with the consideration of a draft decision (A/74/L.60). On 14 May 2020, the General Assembly decided to consider directly in plenary sub-item (b) entitled “South-South cooperation for development” of agenda item 23 entitled “Operational activities for development”, under heading A (Promotion of sustained economic growth and sustainable development in accordance with the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly and recent United Nations conferences), and to proceed expeditiously with the consideration of a draft decision (A/74/L.64). On 11 August 2020, the General Assembly decided to consider directly in plenary sub-item (a) entitled “Follow-up to the Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries” of agenda item 21 entitled “Groups of countries in special situations”, under heading A (Promotion of sustained economic growth and sustainable development in accordance with the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly and recent United Nations conferences), and proceed expeditiously with the consideration of a draft resolution (A/74/L.74). On 11 August 2020, the General Assembly decided to reopen consideration of sub-item (a) “Operational activities for development of the United Nations system” of agenda item 23 entitled “Operational activities for development”, under heading A (Promotion of sustained economic growth and sustainable development in accordance with the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly and recent United Nations conferences), and to consider it directly in plenary in order to proceed expeditiously with the consideration of a draft resolution (A/74/L.77). On 12 August 2020, the General Assembly decided to reopen consideration of agenda item 67 entitled “Rights of indigenous peoples”, under heading D (Promotion of human rights), and to consider it directly in plenary in order to proceed expeditiously with the consideration of a draft decision (A/74/L.81). On 14 August 2020, the General Assembly decided to reopen consideration of agenda item 107 entitled “Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes”, under heading H (Drug control, crime prevention and combating international terrorism in all its forms and manifestations), and to consider it directly in plenary in order to proceed expeditiously with the consideration of a draft decision (A/74/L.84). On 31 August 2020, the General Assembly decided to reopen consideration of sub-item (a) “Appointment of members of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions” of agenda item 105 entitled “Appointments to fill vacancies in subsidiary organs and other appointments”, under heading H (Drug control, crime prevention and combating international terrorism in all its forms and manifestations), and to consider it directly in plenary in order to proceed expeditiously with the consideration of the appointment (A/74/101/Add.2). At the 64th plenary meeting, on 11 September 2020, the General Assembly decided to reopen consideration of agenda item 120 entitled “Implementation of the resolutions of the United Nations”, under heading I (Organizational, administrative and other matters), and to proceed expeditiously with the consideration of the draft resolution (A/74/L.92) and the draft amendment (A/74/L.93).

At its 19th plenary meeting, on 23 October 2019, the General Assembly took note of the seventh annual report of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals.

At its 21st plenary meeting, on 30 October 2019, the General Assembly took note of the report of the International Court of Justice (A/74/4).

At its 22nd plenary meeting, on 31 October 2019, The General Assembly took note of the report of the Economic and Social Council (A/74/3).

At its 31st plenary meeting, on 20 November 2019, the General Assembly decided, without setting a precedent, to invite Ms. Najat Maalla, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children, to deliver the statement of Ms. Maud de Boer-Buquicchio, Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material, who had been invited to address the opening plenary meeting in accordance with resolution 73/301.

At its 32nd plenary meeting, on 21 November 2019, the General Assembly, on the proposal of its President (A/74/L.11), recalling its resolutions 67/290 of 9 July 2013, 70/1 of 25 September 2015, 70/299 of 29 July 2016 and 72/305 of 23 July 2018, decided that the main theme for the high-level political forum on sustainable development for 2020 and the Economic and Social Council for the 2020 session should be “Accelerated action and transformative pathways: realizing the decade of action and delivery for sustainable development”.

At its 46th plenary meeting, on 12 December 2019, the General Assembly, by a recorded vote of 181 to 1, with 4 abstentions, on the recommendation of the First Committee (A/74/368, para 90, Decision I), recalling its resolution 73/65 of 5 December 2018, decided to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-fifth session, under the item entitled “General and complete disarmament”, the sub-item entitled “Treaty banning the production of fissile material for nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices”.

At its 46th plenary meeting, on 12 December 2019, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the First Committee (A/74/368, para 90, Decision II), recalling its resolutions 62/31 of 5 December 2007, 64/39 of 2 December 2009, 66/43 of 2 December 2011, 68/49 of 5 December 2013 and 70/60 of 7 December 2015, as well as its decision 72/515 of 4 December 2017, entitled “Treaty on the South-East Asia Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone (Bangkok Treaty)”, decided to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-sixth session, under the item entitled “General and complete disarmament”, the sub-item entitled “Treaty on the South-East Asia Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone (Bangkok Treaty)”.

At its 46th plenary meeting, on 12 December 2019, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the First Committee (A/74/370, para 13), recalling its resolution 73/82 of 5 December 2018 on the report of the Disarmament Commission and its decision 52/492 of 8 September 1998 concerning the efficient functioning of the Commission; considering the role that the Disarmament Commission had been called upon to play and the contribution that it should make in examining and submitting recommendations on various problems in the field of disarmament and in promoting the implementation of the relevant decisions adopted by the General Assembly at its tenth special session; recalling in particular General Assembly resolution 45/62 B of 4 December 1990, in which it noted with satisfaction the adoption by consensus of a set of “Ways and means to enhance the functioning of the Disarmament Commission”, and Assembly resolution 61/98 of 6 December 2006, which contained additional measures for improving the effectiveness of the methods of work of the Commission; reaffirming the mandate of the Disarmament Commission as the specialized, deliberative subsidiary body of the General Assembly that allowed for in-depth deliberations on specific disarmament issues, leading to the submission of concrete recommendations on those issues, and recalling that the Commission should make every effort to ensure that, insofar as possible, decisions on substantive issues be adopted by consensus, as set forth in paragraph 118 of the Final Document of the Tenth Special Session of the General Assembly, emphasizing once again the important place of the Disarmament Commission within the United Nations multilateral disarmament machinery, reaffirming the importance of further enhancing the dialogue and cooperation among the First Committee, the Disarmament Commission and the Conference on Disarmament; emphasizing the need for a focused and results-oriented discussion of the items on the agenda of the Disarmament Commission; and noting that the Disarmament Commission, for organizational reasons, was unable to commence its substantive session and submit its report as requested in General Assembly resolution 73/82, decided: (a) That the Disarmament Commission would hold a substantive session for a period not exceeding three weeks during 2020, namely from 6 to 24 April, and submit a substantive report to the General Assembly at its seventy-fifth session; (b) That the Disarmament Commission would hold its organizational session as soon as possible before the substantive session to elect its bureau and address other outstanding organizational matters; (c) That the Disarmament Commission would continue consideration of the following items at its substantive session of 2020: (i) Recommendations for achieving the objective of nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation of nuclear weapons; (ii) Preparation of recommendations to promote the practical implementation of transparency and confidence-building measures in outer space activities with the goal of preventing an arms race in outer space, in accordance with the recommendations contained in the report of the Group of Governmental Experts on Transparency and Confidence-building Measures in Outer Space Activities; (d) That the Disarmament Commission would continue its work in accordance with its mandate, as set forth in paragraph 118 of the Final Document of the Tenth Special Session of the General Assembly,21 and with paragraph 3 of General Assembly resolution 37/78 H of 9 December 1982, and to that end make every effort to achieve specific recommendations on the items on its agenda, taking into account the adopted “Ways and means to enhance the functioning of the Disarmament Commission”19 (e) To request the Secretary-General to ensure full provision to the Disarmament Commission and its subsidiary bodies of interpretation and translation facilities in the official languages and to assign, as a matter of priority, all the resources and services necessary, including verbatim records, to that end, and also to request the Secretary-General to transmit to the Commission the annual report of the Conference on Disarmament on its 2019 session, together with all the official records of the seventy-fourth session of the General Assembly relating to disarmament matters, and to render all assistance that the Commission may require for implementing the present decision; (f) To include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-fifth session, under the item entitled “Review of the implementation of the recommendations and decisions adopted by the General Assembly at its tenth special session”, the sub-item entitled “Report of the Disarmament Commission”.

At its 46th plenary meeting, on 12 December 2019, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the First Committee (A/74/377, para. 5), approved the provisional programme of work and timetable of the Committee for 2020, as set out in the annex to the report of the Committee (A/74/377).

At its 46th plenary meeting, on 12 December 2019, the General Assembly took note of the report of the First Committee.

At its 47th plenary meeting, on 13 December 2019, the General Assembly took note of the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/74/411).

At its 47th plenary meeting, on 13 December 2019, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/74/418, para. 40), recalling its decision 73/519 of 7 December 2018: (a) Urged the Governments of Spain and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, while listening to the interests and aspirations of Gibraltar that were legitimate under international law, to reach, in the spirit of the Brussels Declaration of 27 November 1984, a definitive solution to the question of Gibraltar, in the light of the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly and applicable principles, and in the spirit of the Charter of the United Nations; (b) Took note of the desire of the United Kingdom to continue with the trilateral Forum for Dialogue; (c) Took note of the position of Spain that the trilateral Forum for Dialogue did not exist any longer and should be replaced with a new mechanism for local cooperation in which the people of the Campo de Gibraltar and Gibraltar were represented; (d) Welcomed the efforts made by all to resolve problems and advance in a spirit of trust and solidarity, in order to find common solutions and move forward in areas of mutual interest towards a relationship based on dialogue and cooperation.

At its 47th plenary meeting, on 13 December 2019, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/74/419, para. 6), approved the proposed programme of work and timetable of the Fourth Committee for the seventy-fifth session of the Assembly, as set out in the report of the Committee.

` At its 47th plenary meeting, on 13 December 2019, the General Assembly took note of the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/74/420).

At its 50th plenary meeting, on 18 December 2019, the General Assembly took note of the report of the Third Committee (A/74/399/Add.4).

At its 50th plenary meeting, on 18 December 2019, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Third Committee (A/74/404, para.8), approved, subject to any subsequent decision by the Assembly, the draft programme of work of the Third Committee for the seventy-fifth session of the Assembly as set out below. The Assembly further invited the Bureau of the Third Committee at the seventy-fifth session, in preparing the draft programme of work and timetable of the Committee for the seventy-fifth session, to take into account the draft provisional programme of work and timetable of the Committee as contained in document A/C.3/74/CRP.1/Rev.1. Draft programme of work Item 1. Social development: (a) Implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development and of the twenty-fourth special session of the General Assembly; (b) Social development, including questions relating to the world social situation and to youth, ageing, persons with disabilities and the family; (c) Literacy for life: shaping future agendas. Item 2. Crime prevention and criminal justice. Item 3. Countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes. Item 4. International drug control. Item 5. Advancement of women. Item 6. Promotion and protection of the rights of children: (a) Promotion and protection of the rights of children; (b) Follow-up to the outcome of the special session on children. Item 7. Rights of indigenous peoples: (a) Rights of indigenous peoples; (b) Follow-up to the outcome document of the high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly known as the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples. Item 8. Promotion and protection of human rights: (a) Implementation of human rights instruments; (b) Human rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms; (c) Human rights situations and reports of special rapporteurs and representatives; (d) Comprehensive implementation of and follow-up to the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action. Item 9. Elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance: (a) Elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance; (b) Comprehensive implementation of and follow-up to the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action. Item 10. Right of peoples to self-determination. Item 11. Report of the Human Rights Council. Item 12. Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, questions relating to refugees, returnees and displaced persons and humanitarian questions. Item 13. Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly.

At its 50th plenary meeting, on 18 December 2019, the General Assembly took note of the report of the Third Committee (A/74/403).

At its 51st plenary meeting, on 18 December 2019, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Sixth Committee (A/74/445, para. 6), noted that the Sixth Committee had decided to adopt the following provisional programme of work for the seventy-fifth session of the General Assembly, as proposed by the Bureau: Provisional programme of work * 5 October Organization of work of the Sixth Committee 5 and 6 October Measures to eliminate international terrorism 7 and 8 October Criminal accountability of United Nations officials and experts on mission 8 and 9 October The rule of law at the national and international levels 9 October Crimes against humanity 12 October Administration of justice at the United Nations Strengthening and promoting the international treaty framework 13 October The scope and application of the principle of universal jurisdiction 14 October Status of the Protocols Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and relating to the protection of victims of armed conflicts 15 October Consideration of effective measures to enhance the protection, security and safety of diplomatic and consular missions and representatives 16 October Report of the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization Request(s) for observer status 19 October Report of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law on the work of its fifty-third session 20 October Protection of persons in the event of disasters Responsibility of international organizations 21 October Expulsion of aliens 22 October Report of the Committee on Relations with the Host Country 23 October United Nations Programme of Assistance in the Teaching, Study, Dissemination and Wider Appreciation of International Law 26 to 30 October and 3 and 4 November Report of the International Law Commission on the work of its seventy-second session 9 November Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly 19 November Programme planning Election of the officers of the Main Committees 15 and 23 October and 5 November Reserved * Indicating provisional dates in 2020 for debates under the respective items without prejudice to the allocation of additional meetings for working groups established and Secretariat briefings convened by the Sixth Committee.

At its 51st plenary meeting, on 18 December 2019, the General Assembly took note of the report of the Sixth Committee (A/74/444).

At its 51st plenary meeting, on 18 December 2019, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Sixth Committee, decided to defer a decision on the request for observer status for the Cooperation Council of Turkic-speaking States in the Assembly until the seventy-fifth session of the Assembly.

At its 51st plenary meeting, on 18 December 2019, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Sixth Committee, decided to defer a decision on the request for observer status for the Eurasian Economic Union in the Assembly until the seventy-fifth session of the Assembly.

At its 51st plenary meeting, on 18 December 2019, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Sixth Committee, decided to defer a decision on the request for observer status for the Community of Democracies in the Assembly until the seventy-fifth session of the Assembly.

At its 51st plenary meeting, on 18 December 2019, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Sixth Committee, decided to defer a decision on the request for observer status for the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands Secretariat in the Assembly until the seventy-fifth session of the Assembly.

At its 51st plenary meeting, on 18 December 2019, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Sixth Committee, decided to defer a decision on the request for observer status for the Global Environment Facility in the Assembly until the seventy-fifth session of the Assembly.

At its 51st plenary meeting, on 18 December 2019, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Sixth Committee, decided to defer a decision on the request for observer status for the International Organization of Employers in the Assembly until the seventy-fifth session of the Assembly.

At its 51st plenary meeting, on 18 December 2019, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Sixth Committee, decided to defer a decision on the request for observer status for the International Trade Union Confederation in the Assembly until the seventy-fifth session of the Assembly.

At its 51st plenary meeting, on 18 December 2019, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Sixth Committee, decided to defer a decision on the request for observer status for the Boao Forum for Asia in the Assembly until the seventy-fifth session of the Assembly.

At its 52nd plenary meeting, on 19 December 2019, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Second Committee, recognizing the offer of the Government of Barbados to host the fifteenth session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and the offer of the Government of the United Arab Emirates to host the World Investment Forum and an electronic commerce week for Asia, took note of the report of the Trade and Development Board on its sixty-sixth session, which had been held in Geneva from 24 to 27 June 2019, and the decision contained therein, and welcomed the generous offer of the Government of Barbados to host the fifteenth session of the Conference.

At its 52nd plenary meeting, on 19 December 2019, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Second Committee, reaffirmed the fundamental role that competition and consumer protection law and policy could play for sound economic development, in accordance with national legislation, and in this regard decided to convene in 2020 the eighth United Nations Conference to Review All Aspects of the Set of Multilaterally Agreed Equitable Principles and Rules for the Control of Restrictive Business Practices, under the auspices of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.

At its 52nd plenary meeting, on 19 December 2019, the General Assembly took note of the report of the Second Committee (A/74/382).

At its 52nd plenary meeting, on 19 December 2019, the General Assembly took note of the report of the Second Committee (A/74/383).

At its 52nd plenary meeting, on 19 December 2019, the General Assembly took note of the report of the Second Committee (A/74/384).

At its 52nd plenary meeting, on 19 December 2019, the General Assembly took note of the report of the Second Committee (A/74/385).

At its 52nd plenary meeting, on 19 December 2019, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Second Committee: (a) Recalled its resolution 73/341 of 12 September 2019; (b) Decided that the Bureau of the Second Committee would convene informal dialogues to discuss the revitalization of the Committee’s work in December 2019 and in the first months of 2020; (c) Also decided that the Second Committee would convene a plenary meeting following those dialogues to take stock of the deliberations and, as appropriate, take action on any recommendations, for subsequent approval by the Assembly, to allow any change to come into effect ahead of the seventy-fifth session. B On 11 August 2020, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Second Committee (A/74/389/Add.1, para. 7), mindful of and without prejudice to the broader ongoing revitalization and alignment processes in the Assembly, other Main Committees and the Economic and Social Council; cognizant of the measures adopted by the Assembly to adjust its working methods in the light of the situation concerning the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, including its decisions 74/544 of 27 March 2020, 74/555 of 15 May 2020 and 74/557 of 29 May 2020: (a) Recalled its resolution 73/341 of 12 September 2019 on the revitalization of its work and its decision 65/530 of 20 December 2010 on improving the working methods of the Second Committee; (b) Took note of conference room paper A/C.2/74/CRP.7 on the revitalization of the work of the Second Committee, prepared by the Bureau of the Committee at the seventy-fourth session; (c) Reaffirmed the importance of the full implementation of its resolutions on the revitalization of its work; (d) Also reaffirmed that the revitalization of the Second Committee aimed to strengthen the work of the Committee, enhance international development and accelerate the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development; (e) Agreed that the work of the Second Committee needed to be better aligned with the 2030 Agenda and the Addis Ababa Action Agenda of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development, while recognizing that the purview of the Committee was broader than the 2030 Agenda; (f) Commended the Bureau for its work, and invited the Bureau to prepare and organize the work of the Second Committee, building on improvements to working methods introduced at recent sessions, as outlined in the conference room paper; (g) With regard to the general debate and the debates on individual agenda items of the Second Committee: (i) Invited the Bureau to take measures to facilitate increased interaction among delegations and with the Secretariat officials presenting reports in the preparation of the programme of work for the session; (ii) Decided that the Bureau should propose an annual theme for the general debate, taking into account the theme of the Economic and Social Council and the high-level political forum on sustainable development, to be decided after consultation with the wider membership; (iii) Also decided that oral introductions of draft resolutions in plenary meetings should be limited to two minutes; speakers were encouraged to explain concisely the relevance of the draft resolution to the 2030 Agenda, in particular, and the reason why the General Assembly should adopt a resolution on that topic; (iv) Invited the Bureau to make proposals to streamline the debates on individual agenda items of the Committee through joint consideration of one or more agenda items, to be decided after consultation with the wider membership; (v) Also invited the Bureau, when organizing substantive sessions and where possible, to utilize the remaining time of a concluded session for the immediate continuation of consideration of the following item in the programme of work; (h) With regard to the panel discussions and side events of the Second Committee: (i) Encouraged the Bureau to select the themes of the panel discussions and side events, to be decided after consultation with the wider membership and with the support of the Secretariat, taking into account the themes of the Economic and Social Council, the General Assembly and the Second Committee for any given session and current and emerging issues of interest; (ii) Also encouraged the Bureau to hold panel discussions and side events in a manner that adds value by enhancing informal, in-depth discussions and bringing together experts from various fields, without prejudice to the progress of the substantive work of the Committee; (iii) Decided to restrict the number of panel discussions and side events to a maximum of three in order to avoid overloading the work of the Committee; (iv) Emphasized the importance of ensuring, inter alia, a variety of perspectives and stakeholders and appropriate geographic and gender balance in the selection of keynote speakers and panellists for panel discussions and side events; (v) Encouraged the Bureau to convene the side events, in consultation with the wider membership and with the support of the Secretariat, as early in the session as possible to ensure maximum participation and avoid overlapping with informal consultations and group coordination meetings; (vi) Also encouraged the Bureau to convene the joint meeting of the Committee with the Economic and Social Council, in consultation with the wider membership and with the support of the Secretariat, as early in the session as possible to ensure maximum participation and avoid overlapping with informal consultations and group coordination meetings; (i) With regard to reporting to the Second Committee: (i) Underlined the importance of the timely submission and issuance of reports as much in advance of the consideration of related agenda items as possible, and requested the Secretary-General to ensure that the reports are specific and contain evidence-based recommendations and empirical analysis; each report should highlight developments that had occurred since the adoption of the resolution mandating the report; (ii) Requested the Secretary-General to focus the reports submitted to the Committee, inter alia, on the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and the Addis Ababa Action Agenda and their interlinkages and to include actionable recommendations; (j) With regard to draft resolutions submitted to the Second Committee: (i) Invited proposers of draft resolutions, in order to facilitate negotiations, to share the proposed drafts early in an editable format with tracked changes where possible, and with references to the sources of new language; (ii) Invited delegations proposing draft resolutions, where appropriate, to reflect the link of the resolutions with the 2030 Agenda in the title of the resolutions and to consider including provisions to accelerate the implementation of the 2030 Agenda in the resolutions; (iii) Also invited delegations to ensure that all draft resolutions were streamlined, more concise, focused and action-oriented, including the requests for reports and the recommendations; (iv) In order to balance the number of resolutions adopted in odd years and in even years, decided that the biennial sub-item entitled “Role of the United Nations in promoting development in the context of globalization and interdependence” of the item entitled “Globalization and interdependence” and the biennial sub-items entitled “Women in development” and “Human resources development” of the item entitled “Eradication of poverty and other development issues” would next be included in the agenda of its seventy-seventh session; (v) Invited delegations to consider staggering the resolutions on education for sustainable development and on human resources development; (vi) Also invited delegations to consider renaming the resolution entitled “Implementation of Agenda 21, the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21 and the outcomes of the World Summit on Sustainable Development and of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development” during its consideration at the seventy-fifth session; (vii) Decided that the subject matter of the resolution on an effective global response to address the impacts of the El Niño phenomenon would be addressed within the resolution on disaster risk reduction, and also decided to request the inclusion of a special section on this matter in future reports of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030, recognizing that the resolution might be brought back in the future if deemed necessary; (viii) Invited delegations to consider the periodicity of the sub-item entitled “Development cooperation with middle-income countries” of the item entitled “Globalization and interdependence”; (ix) Decided to consider the resolution on Harmony with Nature every other year; (k) Decided to continue to discuss and improve the working methods of the Second Committee in future sessions, and to focus the substantive work of the Committee around resolutions that would have, inter alia, the most impact on the implementation of the 2030 Agenda in the decade of action and delivery for sustainable development; (l) Requested the Bureau, in this regard, to continue to update conference room paper A/C.2/74/CRP.7 on the revitalization of the work of the Second Committee and to continue to facilitate and guide these efforts, including through open-ended consultations within the framework of the existing agenda item entitled “Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly”; (m) Decided to follow up on the implementation of the present decision at its seventy-fifth session.

At its 52nd plenary meeting, on 19 December 2019, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Second Committee (A/74/389, para. 8): (a) Approved, subject to any subsequent decision by the Assembly, the draft programme of work of the Second Committee for the seventy-fifth session of the Assembly as set out below; (b) Invited the Bureau of the Second Committee at the seventy-fifth session, in preparing the draft programme of work and timetable of the Committee for the seventy-fifth session, to take into account the provisional programme of work and timetable of the Committee as contained in conference room paper A/C.2/74/CRP.1. Draft programme of work* 1. Information and communications technologies for sustainable development. 2. Macroeconomic policy questions and sub-items. 3. Follow-up to and implementation of the outcomes of the International Conferences on Financing for Development. 4. Sustainable development and sub-items. 5. Global Code of Ethics for Tourism. 6. Follow-up to the implementation of the New Urban Agenda and strengthening of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat). 7. Globalization and interdependence and sub-items. 8. Groups of countries in special situations and sub-items. 9. Eradication of poverty and other development issues and sub-items. 10. Operational activities for development and sub-items. 11. Agriculture development, food security and nutrition and sub-items. 12. Permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and of the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan over their natural resources. *In order not to prejudge the outcome of the informal consultation process of the Second Committee on the revitalization of its work, the main items are listed without their sub-items.

At its 52nd plenary meeting, on 19 December 2019, the General Assembly took note of the report of the Second Committee (A/74/388).

Decision A At its 52nd plenary meeting, on 27 December 2019, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Fifth Committee, Section A Decided to defer until the first part of its resumed seventy-fourth session consideration of the following documents: Item 134 Programme budget for the biennium 2018-2019 Capital master plan Sixteenth annual progress report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the capital master plan Report of the Board of Auditors on the capital master plan for the year ended 31 December 2017 Report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the recommendations of the Board of Auditors contained in its reports for the year ended 31 December 2017 on the United Nations and on the capital master plan Related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions Fifteenth annual progress report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the capital master plan Report of the Board of Auditors on the capital master plan for the year ended 31 December 2016 Report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the recommendations of the Board of Auditors contained in its reports for the year ended 31 December 2016 on the United Nations and on the capital master plan Related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions Fourteenth annual progress report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the capital master plan Report of the Board of Auditors on the capital master plan for the year ended 31 December 2015 Report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the recommendations of the Board of Auditors contained in its report on the capital master plan for the year ended 31 December 2015 Related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions Item 140 Human resources management Report of the Secretary-General on the practice of the Secretary-General in disciplinary matters and cases of possible criminal behaviour, 1 January to 31 December 2018 Related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions Report of the Secretary-General on the activities of the Ethics Office Related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions Report of the Secretary-General on the global human resources strategy 2019-2021: building a more effective, transparent and accountable United Nations Report of the Secretary-General on the overview of human resources management reform: 2017-2018 Report of the Secretary-General on the composition of the Secretariat: staff demographics Report of the Secretary-General on the composition of the Secretariat: gratis personnel, retired staff and consultants and individual contractors Related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions Report of the Secretary-General on mobility Report of the Secretary-General on mobility Related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions Report of the Secretary-General on the assessment of the system of desirable ranges Report of the Secretary-General on amendments to the Staff Regulations and Rules Related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions Report of the Secretary-General on the practice of the Secretary-General in disciplinary matters and cases of possible criminal behaviour, 1 July to 31 December 2017 Report of the Secretary-General on the activities of the Ethics Office Related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions Item 141 Joint Inspection Unit Note by the Secretary-General drawing attention to the report of the Joint Inspection Unit entitled "Review of mechanisms and policies addressing conflict of interest in the United Nations system" (JIU/REP/2017/9) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting his comments and those of the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination on the report of the Joint Inspection Unit entitled "Review of Mechanisms and Policies addressing Conflict of Interest in the United Nations system" (JIU/REP/2017/9) Note by the Secretary-General drawing attention to the report of the Joint Inspection Unit entitled "Review of internship programmes in the United Nations System" (JIU/REP/2018/1 and JIU/REP/2018/1/Corr.1) Note by the Secretary-General transmitting his comments and those of the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination on the report of the Joint Inspection Unit entitled "Review of internship programmes in the United Nations System" (JIU/REP/2018/1) Section B Decided to defer until the main part of its seventy-fifth session consideration of the following documents: Item 134 Programme budget for the biennium 2018-2019 United Nations Office for Partnerships Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Office for Partnerships Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Office for Partnerships Item 135 Proposed programme budget for 2020 Estimates in respect of special political missions, good offices and other political initiatives authorized by the General Assembly and/or the Security Council Report of the Secretary-General on the review of arrangements for funding and backstopping special political missions Report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions Review of the experience of the utilization of the contingency fund Report of the Secretary-General on the review of the experience of the utilization of the contingency fund Report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions Decision B On 13 April 2020, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Fifth Committee, Section A Decided to defer until the second part of its resumed seventy-fourth session consideration of the following documents: Item 140 Human resources management Seconded active-duty military and police personnel Report of the Secretary-General on seconded active-duty military and police personnel Related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions Section B Decided to defer until the first part of its resumed seventy-fifth session consideration of the following documents: Item 135 Programme budget for 2020 Conditions of service and compensation for officials other than Secretariat officials Report of the Secretary-General entitled “Conditions of service and compensation for officials other than Secretariat officials: members of the International Court of Justice and President and judges of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals” Related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions Item 140 Human resources management Report of the Secretary-General on the practice of the Secretary-General in disciplinary matters and cases of possible criminal behaviour, 1 January to 31 December 2018 Related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions Report of the Secretary-General on the activities of the Ethics Office Related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions Report of the Secretary-General entitled “Composition of the Secretariat: staff demographics” Related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions Report of the Secretary-General on amendments to the Staff Regulations and Rules Report of the Secretary-General on amendments to the Staff Regulations and Rules Related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions Report of the Secretary-General entitled “Global human resources strategy 2019–2021: building a more effective, transparent and accountable United Nations” Report of the Secretary-General on the overview of human resources management reform for the period 2017–2018 Report of the Secretary-General entitled “Composition of the Secretariat: staff demographics” Report of the Secretary-General entitled “Composition of the Secretariat: gratis personnel, retired staff and consultants and individual contractors” Report of the Secretary-General on the assessment of the system of desirable ranges Related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions Report of the Secretary-General on mobility Report of the Secretary-General on mobility Related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions Report of the Secretary-General on amendments to the Staff Regulations and Rules Related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions Report of the Secretary-General on the practice of the Secretary-General in disciplinary matters and cases of possible criminal behaviour, 1 July to 31 December 2017 Report of the Secretary-General on the activities of the Ethics Office Related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions Item 141 Joint Inspection Unit Note by the Secretary-General drawing attention to the report of the Joint Inspection Unit entitled “Review of change management in United Nations system organizations” Note by the Secretary-General transmitting his comments and those of the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination on the report of the Joint Inspection Unit entitled “Review of change management in United Nations system organizations” Note by the Secretary-General drawing attention to the report of the Joint Inspection Unit entitled “Review of mechanisms and policies addressing conflict of interest in the United Nations system” Note by the Secretary-General transmitting his comments and those of the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination on the report of the Joint Inspection Unit entitled “Review of mechanisms and policies addressing conflict of interest in the United Nations system” Note by the Secretary-General drawing attention to the report of the Joint Inspection Unit entitled “Review of internship programmes in the United Nations system” Note by the Secretary-General transmitting his comments and those of the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination on the report of the Joint Inspection Unit entitled “Review of internship programmes in the United Nations system” Decision C On 13 July 2020, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Fifth Committee (A/74/616/Add.1, para.5. ), decided to defer until the second part of its resumed seventy-fifth session consideration of the following documents: Item 151 Financing of the United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire Report of the Secretary-General on the final performance of the United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire Related report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions

At its 52nd plenary meeting, on 27 December 2019, the General Assembly, apart from organizational matters and items that may have to be considered by operation of the rules of procedure of the Assembly, took note of the following agenda items that remained for consideration during its seventy-fourth session: Item 9. Report of the Economic and Social Council Item 10. Implementation of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and the political declarations on HIV/AIDS Item 11. Sport for development and peace: building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic ideal Item 12. Improving global road safety Item 13. 2001–2010: Decade to Roll Back Malaria in Developing Countries, Particularly in Africa Item 14. Integrated and coordinated implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of the major United Nations conferences and summits in the economic, social and related fields Item 15. Culture of peace Item 19. Sustainable development (f) Convention on Biological Diversity Item 21. Groups of countries in special situations (a) Follow-up to the Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries Item 23. Operational activities for development (b) South-South cooperation for development Item 25. Social development (a) Implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development and of the twenty-fourth special session of the General Assembly Item 27. Report of the Security Council Item 28. Report of the Peacebuilding Commission Item 29. Support by the United Nations system of the efforts of Governments to promote and consolidate new or restored democracies Item 30. The role of diamonds in fuelling conflict Item 31. Prevention of armed conflict (a) Prevention of armed conflict (b) Strengthening the role of mediation in the peaceful settlement of disputes, conflict prevention and resolution Item 32. Protracted conflicts in the GUAM area and their implications for international peace, security and development Item 33. Zone of peace and cooperation of the South Atlantic Item 34. The situation in the Middle East Item 35. Question of Palestine Item 37. The situation in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan Item 38. Question of the Comorian island of Mayotte Item 40. The situation in Central America: progress in fashioning a region of peace, freedom, democracy and development Item 41. Question of Cyprus Item 42. Armed aggression against the Democratic Republic of the Congo Item 43. Question of the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) Item 44. The situation of democracy and human rights in Haiti Item 45. Armed Israeli aggression against the Iraqi nuclear installations and its grave consequences for the established international system concerning the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons and international peace and security Item 46. Consequences of the Iraqi occupation of and aggression against Kuwait Item 52. Comprehensive review of the whole question of peacekeeping operations in all their aspects Item 62. Peacebuilding and sustaining peace Item 63. The situation in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine Item 64. New Partnership for Africa’s Development: progress in implementation and international support (a) New Partnership for Africa’s Development: progress in implementation and international support (b) Causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa Item 68. Elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance Item 71. Strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance of the United Nations, including special economic assistance (a) Strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations (b) Assistance to the Palestinian people (c) Special economic assistance to individual countries or regions Item 74. Oceans and the law of the sea (a) Oceans and the law of the sea Item 86. Request for an advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the legal consequences of the separation of the Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius in 1965 Item 87. Request for an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice on the consequences of legal obligations of States under different sources of international law with respect to immunities of Heads of State and Government and other senior officials Item 98. General and complete disarmament Item 110. Report of the Secretary-General on the work of the Organization Item 111. Report of the Secretary-General on the Peacebuilding Fund Item 112. Notification by the Secretary-General under Article 12, paragraph 2, of the Charter of the United Nations Item 113. Elections to fill vacancies in principal organs (a) Election of non-permanent members of the Security Council (b) Election of members of the Economic and Social Council Item 114. Elections to fill vacancies in subsidiary organs and other elections (a) Election of members of the Committee for Programme and Coordination Item 115. Appointments to fill vacancies in subsidiary organs and other appointments (c) Confirmation of the appointment of members of the Investments Committee (e) Appointment of members of the Independent Audit Advisory Committee (g) Appointment of members of the Joint Inspection Unit (i) Appointment of members of the Board of the 10-Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns Item 116. Admission of new Members to the United Nations Item 117. Follow-up to the outcome of the Millennium Summit Item 118. The United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy Item 119. Commemoration of the abolition of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade Item 120. Implementation of the resolutions of the United Nations Item 121. Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly Item 122. Question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and other matters related to the Security Council Item 123. Strengthening of the United Nations system Item 124. United Nations reform: measures and proposals Item 125. Interaction between the United Nations, national parliaments and the Inter-Parliamentary Union Item 129. Sexual exploitation and abuse: implementing a zero-tolerance policy Item 130. The responsibility to protect and the prevention of genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity Item 131. Seventy-fifth anniversary of the end of the Second World War Item 132. Financial reports and audited financial statements, and reports of the Board of Auditors (a) United Nations (b) United Nations peacekeeping operations (c) International Trade Centre (d) United Nations University (e) Capital master plan (f) United Nations Development Programme (g) United Nations Capital Development Fund (h) United Nations Children’s Fund (i) United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (j) United Nations Institute for Training and Research (k) Voluntary funds administered by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (l) Fund of the United Nations Environment Programme (m) United Nations Population Fund (n) United Nations Human Settlements Programme (o) United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (p) United Nations Office for Project Services (q) United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women) (r) International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (s) United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund Item 133. Review of the efficiency of the administrative and financial functioning of the United Nations Item 134. Programme budget for the biennium 2018–2019 Item 135. Proposed programme budget for 2020 Item 136. Programme planning Item 137. Improving the financial situation of the United Nations Item 138. Pattern of conferences Item 139. Scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of the United Nations Item 140. Human resources management Item 141. Joint Inspection Unit Item 142. United Nations common system Item 143. Administrative and budgetary coordination of the United Nations with the specialized agencies and the International Atomic Energy Agency Item 144. Report on the activities of the Office of Internal Oversight Services Item 145. Review of the implementation of General Assembly resolutions 48/218 B, 54/244, 59/272, 64/263 and 69/253 Item 146. Administration of justice at the United Nations Item 147. Financing of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals Item 148. Administrative and budgetary aspects of the financing of the United Nations peacekeeping operations Item 149. Financing of the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei Item 150. Financing of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic Item 151. Financing of the United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire Item 152. Financing of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus Item 153. Financing of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Item 154. Financing of the United Nations Mission in East Timor Item 155. Financing of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti Item 156. Financing of the United Nations Mission for Justice Support in Haiti Item 157. Financing of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo Item 158. Financing of the United Nations Mission in Liberia Item 159. Financing of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali Item 160. Financing of the United Nations peacekeeping forces in the Middle East (a) United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (b) United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon Item 161. Financing of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan Item 162. Financing of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara Item 163. Financing of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur Item 164. Financing of the activities arising from Security Council resolution 1863 (2009) Item 165. Report of the Committee on Relations with the Host Country

A. At its 54th plenary meeting, on 22 January 2020, the General Assembly decided that, after the departure of the Secretary-General, his seat at the podium might be occupied by his representative. B. At its 56th plenary meeting, on 23 January 2020, the General Assembly took note of the report of the Secretary-General on the work of the Organization (A/74/1).

At its 61st plenary meeting, on 11 March 2020, the General Assembly, on the proposal of its President (A/74/L.41), recalling its resolution 72/249 of 24 December 2017, in which it had decided to convene an intergovernmental conference, under the auspices of the United Nations, to consider the recommendations of the Preparatory Committee on the elements and to elaborate the text of an international legally binding instrument under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction, with a view to developing the instrument as soon as possible, and also had decided that, initially with respect to 2018, 2019 and the first half of 2020, the conference should meet for four sessions of a duration of 10 working days each; recalling also its resolution 74/19 of 10 December 2019, in which it had decided to convene, from 23 March to 3 April 2020, the fourth session of the intergovernmental conference; noting with concern the situation concerning the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Decided to postpone the fourth session of the conference to the earliest possible available date to be decided by the General Assembly.

On 27 March 2020, the General Assembly, on the proposal of its President, noting with concern the situation concerning the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and the limitations recommended on meetings within the United Nations premises as precautionary measures aimed at containing the spread of COVID-19, (a) Authorized the President of the General Assembly, where, in his view, a plenary meeting of the General Assembly was not practicable due to the coronavirus pandemic, to circulate, after consultation with the General Committee, draft decisions of the General Assembly to all Member States under a silence procedure of at least 72 hours; (b) Decided that, if the silence is not broken, the decision should be considered adopted, and the General Assembly should take note of the decision at its first plenary meeting held after the cessation of the precautionary measures as soon as the circumstances allow, and that this decision on the procedure for taking of decisions of the General Assembly should be in effect until the end of May unless extended through this procedure.

On 2 April 2020, the General Assembly, on the proposal of its President, recalling its resolution 74/186 of 18 December 2019, in which it had decided that the International Law Commission would hold its seventy-second session at the United Nations Office at Geneva from 27 April to 5 June and from 6 July to 7 August 2020, and taking into account the situation concerning the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), (a) Decided that the first part of the seventy-second session of the International Law Commission, scheduled to be held from 27 April to 5 June 2020, should be postponed to the earliest possible available date to be decided by the General Assembly; (b) Also decided that the second part of the seventy-second session of the Commission should be extended by one week such that it will be held from 29 June to 7 August 2020.

On 2 April 2020, the General Assembly, on the proposal of its President, recalling its decision 74/511 of 12 December 2019, in which it had decided that the Disarmament Commission would hold a substantive session for a period not exceeding three weeks during 2020, namely from 6 to 24 April, and noting with concern the situation concerning the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), decided to postpone the substantive session of the Disarmament Commission to a period in 2021 to be decided by the General Assembly at its seventy-fifth session.

On 13 April 2020, the General Assembly, on the proposal of its President (A/74/L.46), recalling its resolution 74/224 of 19 December 2019, in which the President of the General Assembly had been requested to convene, at its seventy-fourth session, an interactive dialogue, to be held at the plenary meetings to be convened during the commemoration of International Mother Earth Day on 22 April 2020, and noting with concern the situation concerning the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Decided to cancel the interactive dialogue on Harmony with Nature scheduled to be held during the seventy-fourth session of the General Assembly.

On 13 April 2020, the General Assembly, on the proposal of its President (A/74/L.48), recalling its resolution 73/292 of 9 May 2019, in which it had decided to convene the 2020 United Nations Conference to Support the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development in Lisbon, from 2 to 6 June 2020, to support the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14, and noting with concern the situation concerning the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), (a) Decided to postpone the Conference to a later date to be decided by the General Assembly; (b) Also decided to set, at a later stage, the new deadlines for its preparatory process.

On 13 April 2020, the General Assembly, on the proposal of its President (A/74/L.44), recalling its resolution 73/71 of 5 December 2018, in which it had decided to convene the fourth Conference of Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones and Mongolia as a one-day conference at United Nations Headquarters in New York on 24 April 2020, and noting with concern the situation concerning the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Decided to postpone the fourth Conference of Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones and Mongolia to a period in 2021 to be decided by the General Assembly at its seventy-fifth session.

On 13 April 2020, the General Assembly, on the proposal of its President (A/74/L.47), recalling its resolution 73/184 of 17 December 2018, in which it had decided to hold the Fourteenth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice in Kyoto, Japan, from 20 to 27 April 2020, with pre-Congress consultations to be held on 19 April 2020, and noting with concern the situation concerning the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Decided to postpone the holding of the Fourteenth Congress until further notice and to consider new dates in due course. B On 12 August 2020, the General Assembly, on the proposal of its President (A/74/L.80), recalling its resolution 73/184 of 17 December 2018, in which it had decided to hold the Fourteenth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice in Kyoto, Japan, from 20 to 27 April 2020, with pre-Congress consultations to be held on 19 April 2020; recalling also its resolution 74/171 of 18 December 2019; recalling further its decision 74/550 of 13 April 2020, in which it had noted with concern the situation concerning the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and had decided to postpone the holding of the Fourteenth Congress until further notice, Decided to hold the Fourteenth Congress in Kyoto, Japan, from 7 to 12 March 2021, with pre-Congress consultations to be held on 6 March 2021, Requested the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice to give high priority at its thirtieth session to considering the declaration of the Fourteenth Congress, with a view to recommending, through the Economic and Social Council, appropriate follow-up by the General Assembly at its seventy-sixth session, Requested the Secretary-General to ensure proper follow-up to resolution 74/171 and the present decision and to report thereon, through the Commission, to the General Assembly at its seventy-sixth session.

On 14 May 2020, the General Assembly, on the proposal of its President (A/74/L.60), recalling its resolution 74/220 of 19 December 2019, in which the President of the General Assembly had been invited, with the support of the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa, to organize, during the seventy-fourth session of the Assembly, a high-level dialogue to assess the progress made in the fight against desertification, land degradation and drought and to map the way forward, in the light of the United Nations Decade for Deserts and the Fight against Desertification, which was coming to an end in 2020, and noting with concern the situation arising out of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), decided to postpone to its seventy-fifth session the invitation to the President of the General Assembly to organize, with the support of the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa, the high-level dialogue to assess the progress made in the fight against desertification, land degradation and drought and to map the way forward, in the light of the United Nations Decade for Deserts and the Fight against Desertification, which was coming to an end in 2020.

On 14 May 2020, the General Assembly, on the proposal of its President (A/74/L.62), recalling its resolution 74/60 of 12 December 2019, and noting with concern the situation concerning the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, decided to postpone the biennial meeting of States, scheduled for 15 to 19 June 2020, to consider key challenges and opportunities relating to the implementation of the Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects and the International Instrument to Enable States to Identify and Trace, in a Timely and Reliable Manner, Illicit Small Arms and Light Weapons to a period in 2021 to be decided by the General Assembly at its seventy-fifth session.

On 14 May 2020, the General Assembly, on the proposal of its President (A/74/L.64), recalling its resolution 71/318 of 28 August 2017 and its decision 73/553 of 9 May 2019, and noting with concern the situation concerning the coronavirus disease (COVID 19) pandemic, decided to postpone the twentieth session of the High-level Committee on South-South Cooperation to a later date.

On 14 May 2020, the General Assembly, on the proposal of its President (A/74/L.63), recalling its resolution 74/19 of 10 December 2019, in which it had requested the Secretary-General to convene, in accordance with paragraphs 2 and 3 of resolution 54/33 of 24 November 1999, the twenty-first meeting of the United Nations Open-ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea, in New York for eight meetings during the week of 22 to 26 June 2020, and noting with concern the situation concerning the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, decided to postpone the twenty-first meeting of the Informal Consultative Process to 2021, to be held at a date to be decided by the General Assembly.

On 15 May 2020, the General Assembly, on the proposal of its President (A/74/L.65), decided that its decision 74/544 of 27 March 2020 shall continue to be in effect until the end of June 2020 and that the subsidiary organs of the Assembly might apply the procedure set out in decision 74/544.

On 20 May 2020, the General Assembly, on the proposal of its President (A/74/L.61), recalling its resolution 72/284 of 26 June 2018 on the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy Review, in which it had requested the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its seventy-fourth session, no later than February 2020, a report on progress made in the implementation of the Strategy, and had decided to undertake, by June 2020, an examination of the report of the Secretary-General as well as of the implementation of the Strategy by Member States, and to consider updating the Strategy to respond to changes, and taking into account the unprecedented technical and logistical challenges to a comprehensive examination of the report of the Secretary-General posed by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, (a) Invited the Secretary-General to update as may be necessary, by February 2021, the report requested in paragraph 84 of resolution 72/284 on progress made in the implementation of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy, as well as on progress made in the implementation of that resolution; (b) Decided to postpone the examination of the report of the Secretary-General to the seventy-fifth session of the General Assembly; (c) Also decided to postpone the seventh biennial review of the Strategy, as called for in paragraphs 83 and 85 of resolution 72/284, to the seventy-fifth session of the General Assembly; (d) Further decided to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-fifth session the item entitled “The United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy” in order to undertake, no later than June 2021, an examination of the aforementioned report of the Secretary-General, as well as of the implementation of the Strategy by Member States, and to consider updating the Strategy to respond to changes.

On 29 May 2020, the General Assembly, on the proposal of its President (A/74/L.67), noting with concern the situation concerning the coronavirus disease (COVID 19) pandemic and the limitations recommended on meetings within the United Nations premises as precautionary measures aimed at containing the spread of COVID-19, and considering the various elections that were scheduled be held in June 2020 by the General Assembly at its seventy-fourth session, in accordance with resolution 68/307 of 10 September 2014, as well as rules 30 and 99 of the rules of procedure of the Assembly, for the proper functioning of the Organization, including, in particular, the planned elections of non-permanent members of the Security Council, members of the Economic and Social Council, and the President and Vice-Presidents of the Assembly, as well as the Chairs of the Main Committees of the Assembly, (a) Decided to hold the election of non-permanent members of the Security Council and the election of members of the Economic and Social Council in June 2020, simultaneously, without holding a plenary meeting of the General Assembly, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations, the rules of procedure and the established practice of the Assembly, and the arrangements set out in the annex to the present decision; (b) Also decided to apply mutatis mutandis the provisions of the present decision to other elections of the General Assembly during the seventy-fourth session in which the number of candidates exceeded the number of seats to be filled, or where a Member State requested a secret ballot, even if the number of candidates did not exceed the number of seats to be filled; (c) Further decided to take note of the results of any of the elections mentioned above at its first plenary meeting held after the cessation of the precautionary measures as soon as the circumstances allow; (d) Authorized the Main Committees to apply mutatis mutandis the provisions of the present decision to the election of the Chairs of the Main Committees of the General Assembly at its seventy-fifth session, in the event that a secret ballot became necessary. Annex Communications from the President of the General Assembly prior to the elections 1. The President of the General Assembly shall circulate a letter to all Member States, at least ten working days prior to the first round of secret balloting for the elections, to inform Member States of the following: (a) The date on which the elections will be held; (b) The number of vacant seats; (c) The venue where ballots may be cast (the designated venue); (d) The contact details of the Secretariat official to whom Member States are requested to submit the names of the representative, and an alternate, who will cast the ballot of the Member State (the voter); (e) Any other details concerning the conduct of the elections. 2. The President of the General Assembly shall circulate a letter to all Member States, at least one working day prior to the first round of secret balloting for the elections, to notify them of the names of candidates communicated to the Secretariat at least 48 hours prior to the elections pursuant to resolution 71/323 of 8 September 2017. 3. The lists of candidates will continue to be updated on the e-deleGATE portal after the circulation of the letter of the President of the General Assembly. Casting of ballots 4. On the day of the elections, the voter is invited to visit the designated venue to cast its ballots. 5. The voter is invited to visit the designated venue during a specific time slot communicated to the voter five working days prior to the elections by the President of the General Assembly. 6. The voter shall receive the ballot papers upon arrival at the designated venue, following the presentation of a valid United Nations grounds pass. 7. Only ballots cast in the ballot boxes at the designated venue shall be accepted. 8. No ballots shall be accepted after the last time slot has expired. 9. The President of the General Assembly, prior to proceeding with the counting of the ballots, shall ensure that the total number of ballot papers cast in all the ballot boxes amounts to at least a majority of the members of the General Assembly. In the event that the total number of ballot papers cast in all the ballot boxes did not amount to at least a majority of the members of the Assembly, the President shall circulate a letter to all Member States indicating a new date and time for the elections. Announcement of the results 10. Upon receipt of the results certified by the tellers, the President of the General Assembly shall immediately circulate a letter to all Member States in order to inform them of the results and to declare elected those Member States that have received the greatest number of votes and a required majority of the members present and voting. Additional rounds of balloting 11. If the number of candidates obtaining a required majority of the members present and voting is fewer than the number of members to be elected, there shall be additional ballots to fill the remaining places. 12. In such a case, the President of the General Assembly shall circulate a letter to all Member States with the date and time of the next round of secret balloting, which shall commence on a working day at most 20 hours after the circulation of the letter. In the letter, the President shall also indicate the candidates that are eligible in that round of secret balloting and any other details concerning the conduct of the secret ballot. 13. In the case of a tie vote, and when it becomes necessary to determine the candidate that will proceed to the next round of restricted balloting, there shall be a special restricted ballot limited to those candidates that have obtained an equal number of votes.

On 18 June 2020, the General Assembly, on the proposal of its President (A/74/L.72), decided that its decisions 74/544 of 27 March 2020 and 74/555 of 15 May 2020 shall continue to be in effect until the end of July 2020.

On 23 June 2020, the General Assembly, on the proposal of its President (A/74/L.70) , recalling its resolution 74/186 of 18 December 2019, in which it had decided that the International Law Commission would hold its seventy-second session at the United Nations Office at Geneva from 27 April to 5 June and from 6 July to 7 August 2020, recalling also its decision 74/545 of 2 April 2020, in which it had decided to postpone the first part of the seventy-second session of the Commission and to extend by one week the second part of the session so that it would be held from 29 June to 7 August 2020, and taking into account the continuing situation concerning the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Decided that the seventy-second session of the International Law Commission shall be postponed to a later date.

On 6 July 2020, the General Assembly, on the proposal of Japan (A/74/L.73), recalling its resolution 74/16 of 9 December 2019, in which it had urged Member States to observe the Olympic Truce individually and collectively, within the framework of the Charter of the United Nations, throughout the period from the seventh day before the start of the Games of the XXXII Olympiad until the seventh day following the end of the XVI Paralympic Games, and noting that, owing to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the Games of the XXXII Olympiad had been rescheduled to be held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 and that the XVI Paralympic Games had been rescheduled to be held from 24 August to 5 September 2021, in Tokyo, (a) Decided to observe the Olympic Truce throughout the period from the seventh day before the start of the Games of the XXXII Olympiad until the seventh day following the end of the XVI Paralympic Games, to be held in Tokyo in 2021; (b) Also decided to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-fifth session the sub-item entitled “Building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic ideal” of the item entitled “Sport for development and peace”.

On 21 July 2020, the General Assembly, on the proposal of its President (A/74/L.76), decided that its decisions 74/544 of 27 March 2020 and 74/555 of 15 May 2020 shall continue to be in effect until the end of August 2020.

On 22 July 2020, the General Assembly, on the proposal of its President (A/74/L.75), noting with concern the situation regarding the coronavirus disease (COVID 19) pandemic and the limitations recommended on meetings within the United Nations premises as precautionary measures aimed at containing the spread of COVID-19, and recalling its resolutions 57/301 of 13 March 2003 and 73/299 of 14 June 2019, (a) Decided, without setting a precedent for future general debates and mandated high-level meetings planned for future high-level weeks, that each Member State, observer State and the European Union [See footnote 1] could submit a pre-recorded statement of its Head of State, Vice-President, Crown Prince or Princess, Head of Government, Minister or Vice-Minister, which would be played in the General Assembly Hall during the general debate of the Assembly at its seventy-fifth session, the high-level meeting to commemorate the seventy-fifth anniversary of the United Nations and the high-level meetings referred to in paragraph (c) below, after introduction by their representative who was physically present in the Assembly Hall; (b) Also decided that, in addition to the verbatim records of the general debate and the high-level meeting to commemorate the seventy-fifth anniversary of the United Nations, the President of the General Assembly would circulate as a document of the Assembly a compilation document of the statements delivered by Heads of State or other dignitaries by means of pre-recorded statements during the general debate and the high-level meeting to commemorate the seventy-fifth anniversary of the United Nations and submitted to the President no later than the day on which the pre-recorded statement was played in the Assembly Hall; (c) Further decided that the summit on biodiversity, to be convened pursuant to resolution 74/269 of 31 March 2020, shall be held on Wednesday, 30 September 2020; the high-level meeting on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women, to be convened pursuant to resolution 73/340 of 12 September 2019, shall be held on Thursday, 1 October 2020; and the high-level plenary meeting to commemorate and promote the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, to be convened pursuant to resolution 74/54 of 12 December 2019, shall be held on Friday, 2 October 2020; and requested the President of the General Assembly to finalize the other organizational arrangements for these meetings; (d) Decided that these procedures shall apply only to the meetings of the general debate of the Assembly at its seventy-fifth session, the high-level meeting to commemorate the seventy-fifth anniversary of the United Nations and the high-level meetings referred to in paragraph (c) above. Footnote 1 In the case of the European Union, the pre-recorded statements shall be made by the President of the European Council, the President of the European Commission or the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.

On 12 August 2020, the General Assembly, on the proposal of its President (A/74/L.79), decided to postpone the closing date of the seventy-fourth session of the Assembly to Tuesday, 15 September 2020.

On 12 August 2020, the General Assembly, on the proposal of its President (A/74/L.82), recalling its resolution 70/262 of 27 April 2016 on the review of the United Nations peacebuilding architecture, in particular paragraph 31 of the resolution, in which the Assembly had called for a further comprehensive review of United Nations peacebuilding architecture at its seventy-fourth session; taking into account the unprecedented technical and logistical challenges to a comprehensive review at the seventy-fourth session posed by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, which had necessitated a delay of the formal process of the review from June to September; also taking into account that the limited time remaining before the end of the seventy-fourth session would not be sufficient to allow the comprehensive review mandated in resolution 70/262, (a) Decided to extend the review of the peacebuilding architecture at the seventy-fourth session to the end of the main part of the seventy-fifth session, in order to afford all parties involved the time necessary to engage in robust intergovernmental consultations and a comprehensive review of the operation of the architecture; (b) Also decided that the review process during the seventy-fifth session should continue to be conducted in accordance with the terms of reference recommended by the Peacebuilding Commission; (c) Requested the President of the General Assembly to facilitate the review process and ensure its successful outcome.

On 12 August 2020, the General Assembly, on the proposal of its President (A/74/L.81), recalling its resolution 71/321 of 8 September 2017, in which it requested the President of the General Assembly to organize and preside over an informal interactive hearing and to prepare a summary of the hearing, during its seventy-fourth session, on the margins of the session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, with indigenous peoples, ensuring, to the extent possible, balanced regional representation; noting with concern the situation arising out of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Decided to postpone to its seventy-fifth session the request to the President of the General Assembly to organize and preside over an informal interactive hearing with indigenous peoples and to prepare a summary of the hearing.

On 12 August 2020, the General Assembly, on the proposal of its President (A/74/L.78), recalling its resolution 74/186 of 18 December 2019, in which it had decided that the International Law Commission would hold its seventy-second session at the United Nations Office at Geneva from 27 April to 5 June and from 6 July to 7 August 2020; recalling also its decision 74/545 of 2 April 2020, in which it had decided to postpone the first part of the seventy-second session of the International Law Commission and to extend by one week the second part of the session so that it would be held from 29 June to 7 August 2020; recalling further its decision 74/559 of 23 June 2020, in which it had decided that the seventy-second session of the International Law Commission would be postponed to a later date; taking into account the continuing situation concerning the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and the limitations recommended on meetings within the United Nations premises as precautionary measures aimed at containing the spread of COVID-19, (a) Decided that the seventy-second session of the International Law Commission should be postponed and should be held at the United Nations Office at Geneva in 2021, and that the seventy-third session of the Commission should be held at the United Nations Office at Geneva in 2022; (b) Urged the International Law Commission to further explore means to make progress on the topics in its programme of work in the absence of a formal in-person session of the Commission in 2020, and to closely engage with the Sixth Committee during the seventy-fifth session of the General Assembly; (c) Requested that the Secretariat explore and prepare options to enable the International Law Commission to effectively conduct sessions remotely, or otherwise make progress in its work remotely, including but not limited to technological solutions such as virtual multilingual videoconferencing platforms, and adjustments to the normal scheduling of meetings, including in the event that the Commission was unable to hold in-person sessions beyond 2020; (d) Requested that the International Law Commission and the Secretariat report to the Sixth Committee on the matters referred to in paragraphs (b) and (c) above at the Committee session to be held during the seventy-fifth session of the General Assembly; (e) Decided that the terms of office of the current members of the International Law Commission should be extended by one year such that they would expire on 31 December 2022, in order to permit the current membership to complete consideration of the topics on the programme of work for the seventy-second and seventy-third sessions that were at an advanced stage; (f) Stressed that the decision to extend the terms of office of the current members of the International Law Commission was made on an exceptional basis, owing to the unprecedented circumstances arising as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, and that this decision was without prejudice to article 10 of the statute of the Commission and did not constitute a precedent, either for the Commission or for other bodies of the United Nations with elected members; (g) Reiterated its appreciation for the efforts of the International Law Commission to improve its methods of work, and encouraged the Commission to continue this practice; (h) Invited the International Law Commission to continue to take measures to enhance its efficiency and productivity and to consider making proposals to Member States to that end.

On 14 August 2020, the General Assembly, on the proposal of its President (A/74/L.84), recalling its resolution 74/247 of 27 December 2019, in which it had decided that the Ad Hoc Committee to Elaborate a Comprehensive International Convention on Countering the Use of Information and Communications Technologies for Criminal Purposes should convene a three-day organizational session in August 2020, in New York, in order to agree on an outline and modalities for its further activities, to be submitted to the General Assembly at its seventy-fifth session for its consideration and approval; noting with concern the current situation concerning the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Decided to postpone the organizational session of the Ad Hoc Committee mandated by paragraph 3 of resolution 74/247 to a date as early as conditions permit but not later than 1 March 2021, Confirmed that the report of the organizational session of the Ad Hoc Committee, including the agreed outline and modalities for the further activities of the Committee, and any budgetary implications, should be submitted to the General Assembly at its seventy-fifth session for its consideration and approval.

On 31 August 2020, the General Assembly, on the proposal of the United Arab Emirates (A/74/L.87), recalling its resolution 74/276 of 1 June 2020, in which it had decided that the special session of the General Assembly on challenges and measures to prevent and combat corruption and strengthen international cooperation would be convened for three days, from 26 to 28 April 2021, at United Nations Headquarters, in New York; noting with concern the situation concerning the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Decided to convene the special session of the General Assembly on challenges and measures to prevent and combat corruption and strengthen international cooperation from 2 to 4 June 2021, instead of from 26 to 28 April 2021, at United Nations Headquarters, in New York.

On 31 August 2020, the General Assembly, on the proposal of its President (A/74/L.88), (a) Decided to reaffirm the central role of the General Assembly concerning the question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and other matters related to the Security Council; (b) Also decided to immediately continue intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council reform in informal plenary of the General Assembly at its seventy-fifth session, as mandated by Assembly decisions 62/557 of 15 September 2008, 63/565 B of 14 September 2009, 64/568 of 13 September 2010, 65/554 of 12 September 2011, 66/566 of 13 September 2012, 67/561 of 29 August 2013, 68/557 of 8 September 2014, 69/560 of 14 September 2015, 70/559 of 27 July 2016, 71/553 of 19 July 2017, 72/557 of 29 June 2018 and 73/554 of 25 June 2019, building on the informal meetings held during its seventy-fourth session, as reflected in the letter dated 29 July 2020 from the Co-Chairs, and on the revised elements of commonality and issues for further consideration, circulated on 7 June 2019, as well as the positions of and proposals made by Member States, reflected in the text and its annex circulated on 31 July 2015, to help to inform its future work; (c) Welcomed the active engagement, initiatives and intensive efforts of the President of the General Assembly, and noted with appreciation the active role and concrete efforts of the Co-Chairs undertaken in a consultative manner with a view to an early comprehensive reform of the Security Council; (d) Decided to convene the Open-ended Working Group on the Question of Equitable Representation on and Increase in the Membership of the Security Council and Other Matters related to the Security Council during the seventy-fifth session of the General Assembly, if Member States so decide; (e) Also decided to include in the agenda of the seventy-fifth session of the General Assembly the item entitled “Question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and other matters related to the Security Council”.

At its 62nd plenary meeting, on 3 September 2020, the General Assembly pursuant to its decision 74/544 of 27 March 2020, took note of decision 74/544 entitled “Procedure for taking decisions of the General Assembly during the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic”.

At its 62nd plenary meeting, on 3 September 2020, the General Assembly, pursuant to its decision 74/544 of 27 March 2020, took note of the following resolutions and decisions: • Resolution 74/232 B of 11 August 2020 entitled “Follow-up to the Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries”; • Resolution 74/249 B of 30 June 2020 entitled “Financial reports and audited financial statements, and reports of the Board of Auditors”; • Resolution 74/254 B of 6 August 2020 entitled “Seconded active-duty military and police personnel”; • Resolution 74/260 B of 30 June 2020 entitled “Financing of the United Nations Mission for Justice Support in Haiti”; • Resolution 74/261 B of 31 March 2020 and 74/261 C of 30 June 2020 entitled “Financing of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur”; • Resolution 74/269 of 31 March 2020 entitled “Scope, modalities, format and organization of the summit on biodiversity”; • Resolution 74/270 of 2 April 2020 entitled “Global solidarity to fight the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)”; • Resolution 74/271 of 13 April 2020 entitled “Progress towards an accountability system in the United Nations Secretariat”; • Resolution 74/272 of 13 April 2020 entitled “Construction of a new facility for the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, Arusha branch”; • Resolution 74/273 of 20 April 2020 entitled “International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda”; • Resolution 74/274 of 20 April 2020 entitled “International cooperation to ensure global access to medicines, vaccines and medical equipment to face COVID-19”; • Resolution 74/275 of 28 May 2020 entitled “International Day to Protect Education from Attack”; • Resolution 74/276 of 1 June 2020 entitled “Special session of the General Assembly against corruption”; • Resolution 74/277 of 18 June 2020 entitled “Comprehensive review of the whole question of peacekeeping operations in all their aspects”; • Resolution 74/278 of 30 June 2020 entitled “Closed peacekeeping missions”; • Resolution 74/279 of 30 June 2020 entitled “Triennial review of the rates and standards for reimbursement to Member States for contingent-owned equipment”; • Resolution 74/280 of 30 June 2020 entitled “Support account for peacekeeping operations”; • Resolution 74/281 of 30 June 2020 entitled “Financing of the Regional Service Centre in Entebbe, Uganda”; • Resolution 74/282 of 30 June 2020 entitled “Financing of the United Nations Logistics Base at Brindisi, Italy”; • Resolution 74/283 of 30 June 2020 entitled “Financing of the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei”; • Resolution 74/284 of 30 June 2020 entitled “Financing of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic”; • Resolution 74/285 of 30 June 2020 entitled “Financing of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus”; • Resolution 74/286 of 30 June 2020 entitled “Financing of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo”; • Resolution 74/287 of 30 June 2020 entitled “Financing of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti”; • Resolution 74/288 of 30 June 2020 entitled “Financing of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo”; • Resolution 74/289 of 30 June 2020 entitled “Financing of the United Nations Mission in Liberia”; • Resolution 74/290 of 30 June 2020 entitled “Financing of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali”; • Resolution 74/291 of 30 June 2020 entitled “Financing of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force”; • Resolution 74/292 of 30 June 2020 entitled “Financing of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon”; • Resolution 74/293 of 30 June 2020 entitled “Financing of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan”; • Resolution 74/294 of 30 June 2020 entitled “Financing of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara”; • Resolution 74/295 of 30 June 2020 entitled “Financing of the activities arising from Security Council resolution 1863 (2009)”; • Resolution 74/296 of 13 July 2020 entitled “Global service delivery model”; • Resolution 74/297 of 11 August 2020 entitled “Progress in the implementation of General Assembly resolution 71/243 on the quadrennial comprehensive policy review of operational activities for development of the United Nations system”; • Resolution 74/298 of 12 August 2020 entitled “Review of the implementation of General Assembly resolution 67/290 on the high-level political forum on sustainable development, resolution 70/299 on the follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at the global level and resolution 72/305 on the strengthening of the Economic and Social Council”; • Resolution 74/299 of 31 August 2020 entitled “Improving global road safety”; • Decision 74/402 B of 31 August 2020 entitled “Appointment of members of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions”; • Decision 74/406 B of 13 April and 5 June 2020 entitled “Appointment of members of the Committee on Contributions”; • Decision 74/409 B of 13 April 2020 entitled “Appointment of members of the Independent Audit Advisory Committee”; • Decision 74/503 B of 31 March 2020 to consider agenda item 163 directly in the plenary; of 2 April 2020 to reopen consideration of agenda items 79 and 100 (b) and to consider them directly in the plenary; of 13 April 2020 to reopen consideration of agenda item 106 and to consider it directly in the plenary, to reopen consideration of agenda item 115 (b) and to consider agenda items 133 and 147 directly in the plenary; of 14 May 2020 to reopen consideration of agenda item 19 (e) and to consider it directly in the plenary and to consider agenda item 23 (b) directly in the plenary; of 11 August 2020 to consider agenda item 21 (a) directly in the plenary and to reopen consideration of agenda item 23 (a) and to consider it directly in the plenary; of 12 August 2020 to reopen consideration of agenda item 67 and to consider it directly in the plenary; of 14 August 2020 to reopen consideration of agenda item 107 and to consider it directly in the plenary; and of 31 August 2020 to reopen consideration of agenda item 115 (a) and to consider it directly in the plenary. • Decision 74/537 B of 11 August 2020 entitled “Revitalization of the work of the Second Committee”; • Decision 74/420 of 29 June 2020 entitled “Election of the Vice-Presidents of the General Assembly at its seventy-fifth session”; • Decisions 74/540 B of 13 April 2020 and 74/540 C of 13 July 2020 entitled “Questions deferred for future consideration”; • Decision 74/545 of 2 April 2020 entitled “Seventy-second session of the International Law Commission”; • Decision 74/546 of 2 April 2020 entitled “Disarmament Commission”; • Decision 74/547 of 13 April 2020 entitled “Interactive dialogue on Harmony with Nature”; • Decision 74/548 of 13 April 2020 entitled “2020 United Nations Conference to Support the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development”; • Decision 74/549 of 13 April 2020 entitled “Fourth Conference of Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones and Mongolia, 2020”; • Decision 74/550 A of 13 April 2020 and 74/550 B of 12 August 2020 entitled “Fourteenth United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice”; • Decision 74/551 of 14 May 2020 entitled “High-level dialogue to assess the progress made in the fight against desertification, land degradation and drought and to map the way forward”; • Decision 74/552 of 14 May 2020 entitled “Seventh Biennial Meeting of States to Consider the Implementation of the Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects”; • Decision 74/553 of 14 May 2020 entitled “Twentieth session of the High-level Committee on South-South Cooperation”; • Decision 74/554 of 14 May 2020 entitled “Twenty-first meeting of the United Nations Open-ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea”; • Decision 74/555 of 15 May 2020 entitled “Extension of the procedure for taking decisions of the General Assembly during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic”; • Decision 74/556 of 20 May 2020 entitled “The United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy”; • Decision 74/557 of 29 May 2020 entitled “Procedure for holding elections by secret ballot without a plenary meeting during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic”; • Decision 74/558 of 18 June 2020 entitled “Extension of the procedure for taking decisions of the General Assembly during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic until the end of July 2020”; • Decision 74/559 of 23 June 2020 entitled “Postponement of the seventy-second session of the International Law Commission”; • Decision 74/560 of 6 July 2020 entitled “Building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic ideal”; • Decision 74/561 of 21 July 2020 entitled “Extension of the procedure for taking decisions of the General Assembly during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic until the end of August 2020”; • Decision 74/562 of 22 July 2020 entitled “High-level meetings of the General Assembly in September 2020”; • Decision 74/563 of 12 August 2020 entitled “Closing date of the seventy-fourth session of the General Assembly”; • Decision 74/564 of 12 August 2020 entitled “Review of the United Nations peacebuilding architecture”; • Decision 74/565 of 12 August 2020 entitled “Informal interactive hearing with indigenous peoples”; • Decision 74/566 of 12 August 2020 entitled “Extension of the term of office of the current members of the International Law Commission and other related matters”; • Decision 74/567 of 14 August 2020 entitled “Ad Hoc Committee to Elaborate a Comprehensive International Convention on Countering the Use of Information and Communications Technologies for Criminal Purposes”; • Decision 74/568 of 31 August 2020 entitled “Special session of the General Assembly against corruption”; • Decision 74/569 of 31 August 2020 entitled “Question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and other matters related to the Security Council”.

At its 62nd plenary meeting, on 3 September 2020, the General Assembly, pursuant to its decision 74/557 of 29 May 2020, took note of decision 74/417 of 17 June 2020 entitled “Election of the President of the General Assembly at its seventy-fifth session”.

At its 62nd plenary meeting, on 3 September 2020, the General Assembly, pursuant to its decision 74/557 of 29 May 2020, took note of decision 74/418 of 17 and 18 June 2020, entitled “Election of non-permanent members of the Security Council”.

At its 62nd plenary meeting, on 3 September 2020, the General Assembly, pursuant to its decision 74/557 of 29 May 2020 took note of decision 74/419 of 17 June 2020, entitled “Election of members of the Economic and Social Council”.

At its 62nd plenary meeting, on 3 September 2020, the General Assembly took note of the note by the Secretary-General (A/74/300).

At its 62nd plenary meeting, on 3 September 2020, the General Assembly took note of the report of the Security Council (A/74/2).

At its 63rd plenary meeting, on 4 September 2020, the General Assembly decided to defer consideration of the sub-item entitled “Strengthening the role of mediation in the peaceful settlement of disputes, conflict prevention and resolution” of the agenda item entitled “Prevention of armed conflict” and to include it in the draft agenda of its seventy-fifth session.

At its 63rd plenary meeting, on 4 September 2020, the General Assembly decided to include the item entitled “Zone of peace and cooperation of the South Atlantic” in the draft agenda of its seventy-fifth session.

At its 63rd plenary meeting, on 4 September 2020, the General Assembly decided to defer consideration of the item entitled “The situation in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan” and to include it in the draft agenda of its seventy-fifth session.

At its 63rd plenary meeting, on 4 September 2020, the General Assembly decided to include the item entitled “Question of the Comorian island of Mayotte” in the draft agenda of its seventy-fifth session.

At its 63rd plenary meeting, on 4 September 2020, the General Assembly, by a recorded vote of 81 to 17, with 65 abstentions, decided to include the item entitled “The situation in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine” in the draft agenda of its seventy-fifth session.

At its 63rd plenary meeting, on 4 September 2020, the General Assembly decided to include the item entitled “Request for an advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the legal consequences of the separation of the Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius in 1965” in the draft agenda of its seventy-fifth session.

At its 63rd plenary meeting, on 4 September 2020, the General Assembly decided to include the item entitled “Implementation of the resolutions of the United Nations” in the draft agenda of its seventy-fifth session.

At its 63rd plenary meeting, 4 September 2020, the General Assembly, by a recorded vote of 121 to 13, with 32 abstentions, decided to include the item entitled “The responsibility to protect and the prevention of genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity” in the draft agenda of its seventy-fifth session.

At its 63rd plenary meeting, on 4 September 2020, the General Assembly decided to include the item entitled “Seventy-fifth anniversary of the end of the Second World War” in the draft agenda of its seventy-fifth session.

At its 63rd plenary meeting, on 4 September 2020, the General Assembly decided to defer consideration of the item entitled “Financing of the United Nations Mission in East Timor” and to include it in the draft agenda of its seventy-fifth session.

At its 1st plenary meeting, on 15 September 2020 the General Assembly, in accordance with rule 28 of its rules of procedure, appointed a Credentials Committee for its seventy-fifth session consisting of the following Member States: CAMEROON, CHINA, ICELAND, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, RUSSIAN FEDERATION, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and URUGUAY.

At its 16th plenary meeting, on 13 October 2020, the General Assembly, pursuant to its resolutions 60/251 of 15 March 2006 and 65/281 of 17 June 2011, elected BOLIVIA (PLURINATIONAL STATE OF), CHINA, CÔTE D’IVOIRE, CUBA, FRANCE, GABON, MALAWI, MEXICO, NEPAL, PAKISTAN, the RUSSIAN FEDERATION, SENEGAL, UKRAINE, the UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND and UZBEKISTAN as members of the Human Rights Council for a three-year term of office beginning on 1 January 2021 to fill the vacancies occurring on the expiration of the terms of office of AFGHANISTAN, ANGOLA, AUSTRALIA, CHILE, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO, MEXICO, NEPAL, NIGERIA, PAKISTAN, PERU, QATAR, SENEGAL, SLOVAKIA, SPAIN and UKRAINE. As a result, as of 1 January 2021, the Human Rights Council is composed of the following 47 Member States: ARGENTINA,* ARMENIA,** AUSTRIA,* BAHAMAS,* BAHRAIN,* BANGLADESH,* BOLIVIA (PLURINATIONAL STATE OF),*** BRAZIL,** BULGARIA,* BURKINA FASO,* CAMEROON,* CHINA,*** CÔTE D’IVOIRE,*** CUBA,*** CZECHIA,* DENMARK,* ERITREA,* FIJI,* FRANCE,*** GABON,*** GERMANY,** INDIA,* INDONESIA,** ITALY,* JAPAN,** LIBYA,** MALAWI,*** MARSHALL ISLANDS,** MAURITANIA,** MEXICO,*** NAMIBIA,** NEPAL,*** NETHERLANDS,** PAKISTAN,*** PHILIPPINES,* POLAND,** REPUBLIC OF KOREA,** RUSSIAN FEDERATION,*** SENEGAL,*** SOMALIA,* SUDAN,** TOGO,* UKRAINE,*** UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND,*** URUGUAY,* UZBEKISTAN,*** and VENEZUELA (BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF).** __________________ * Term of office expires on 31 December 2021. ** Term of office expires on 31 December 2022. *** Term of office expires on 31 December 2023.

The General Assembly, at its 24th plenary meeting, on 11 and 12 November 2020, and the Security Council, at its 8773rd meeting, on 11 November, proceeded independently of one another to elect, in accordance with Articles 2 to 4, 7 to 12 and 14 and 15 of the Statute of the International Court of Justice, rules 150 and 151 of the rules of procedure of the Assembly and rules 40 and 61 of the provisional rules of procedure of the Council, five members of the Court for a nine-year term of office beginning on 6 February 2021 to fill the vacancies occurring on the expiration of the terms of office of Giorgio Gaja (Italy), Iwasawa Yuji (Japan), Julia Sebutinde (Uganda), Peter Tomka (Slovakia) and Xue Hanqin (China). Having obtained the required absolute majority of votes in both the General Assembly and the Security Council, Iwasawa Yuji (Japan), Georg Nolte (Germany), Julia Sebutinde (Uganda), Peter Tomka (Slovakia) and Xue Hanqin (China) were elected as members of the Court for a nine-year term of office beginning on 6 February 2021. As a result, as of 6 February 2021, the International Court of Justice is composed as follows: Ronny ABRAHAM (France),** Mohamed BENNOUNA (Morocco),* Dalveer BHANDARI (India),** Antônio Augusto CANÇADO TRINDADE (Brazil),** James Richard CRAWFORD (Australia),* Joan E. DONOGHUE (United States of America),* Kirill GEVORGIAN (Russian Federation),* IWASAWA Yuji (Japan),*** Georg NOLTE (Germany),*** Patrick Lipton ROBINSON (Jamaica),* Nawaf SALAM (Lebanon),** Julia SEBUTINDE (Uganda),*** Peter TOMKA (Slovakia),*** XUE Hanqin (China)*** and Abdulqawi Ahmed YUSUF (Somalia).** _________________ * Term of office expires on 5 February 2024. ** Term of office expires on 5 February 2027. *** Term of office expires on 5 February 2030.

At its 30th plenary meeting, on 23 November 2020, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Fifth Committee (A/75/579, para. 8), appointed the following persons as members of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions for a three-year term of office beginning on 1 January 2021: Abdallah Bachar Bong, Feliksas Bakanauskas, Pavel Chernikov, Donna-Marie Chiurazzi-Maxfield, Nabil Kalkoul, Julia A. Maciel, Vidisha Maitra, Caroline Nalwanga, Juliana Gaspar Ruas and Cihan Terzi. As a result, as of 1 January 2021, the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions is composed as follows: Yves Éric AHOUSSOUGBEMEY (Benin),* Amjad Qaid AL KUMAIM (Yemen),* Makiese Kinkela AUGUSTO (Angola),* Abdallah BACHAR BONG (Chad),*** Feliksas BAKANAUSKAS (Lithuania),*** Pavel CHERNIKOV (Russian Federation),*** Donna - Marie CHIURAZZI-MAXFIELD (United States of America),*** Patrick A. CHUASOTO (Philippines),** Udo Klaus FENCHEL (Germany), ** Olivio FERMIN (Dominican Republic), ** Ihor HUMENNYI (Ukraine),* Conrod HUNTE (Antigua and Barbuda),* Marcel JULLIER (Switzerland), ** Nabil KALKOUL (Algeria),*** Julia A. MACIEL (Paraguay),*** Vidisha MAITRA (India),*** Caroline NALWANGA (Uganda),*** Juliana Gaspar RUAS (Brazil),*** SUZUKI Yoriko (Japan),** Cihan TERZI (Turkey)*** and YE Xuenong (China).** __________________ * Term of office expires on 31 December 2021. ** Term of office expires on 31 December 2022. *** Term of office expires on 31 December 2023.

At its 30th plenary meeting, on 23 November 2020, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Fifth Committee (A/75/580, para. 4), reappointed the following persons as members of the Committee on Contributions for a three-year term of office beginning on 1 January 2021: Michael Holtsch, Ji-sun Jun, Vadim Laputin, Henrique da Silveira Sardinha Pinto, Lin Shan and Steve Townley. As a result, as of 1 January 2021, the Committee on Contributions is composed as follows: Syed Yawar ALI (Pakistan),* Jakub CHMIELEWSKI (Poland),* Cheikh Tidiane DÈME (Senegal),** Gordon ECKERSLEY (Australia),** Mohamed Mahmoud Ould EL GHAOUTH (Mauritania),** Bernardo GREIVER DEL HOYO (Uruguay),** Michael HOLTSCH (Germany),*** Ji-sun JUN (Republic of Korea),*** Vadim LAPUTIN (Russian Federation),*** LIN Shan (China),*** Robert Ngei MULE (Kenya),* OZAWA Toshiro (Japan),* Tõnis SAAR (Estonia),* Henrique da Silveira SARDINHA PINTO (Brazil),*** Brett Dennis SCHAEFER (United States of America),* Ugo SESSI (Italy),** Alejandro TORRES LÉPORI (Argentina) ** and Steve TOWNLEY (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland).*** ___________________ * Term of office expires on 31 December 2021. ** Term of office expires on 31 December 2022. *** Term of office expires on 31 December 2023.

At its 30th plenary meeting, on 23 November 2020, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Fifth Committee (A/75/581, para. 4 (a)), confirmed the appointment by the Secretary-General of the following persons as regular members of the Investments Committee for a three-year term of office beginning on 1 January 2021: Yasir O. Al-Rumayyan, Sarah Omotunde Alade, Natalia Khanjenkova and Patricia Parise. At the same meeting, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Fifth Committee (A/75/581, para. 4 (b)), confirmed the selection by the Secretary-General of Michael Klein as Chair of the Investments Committee beginning on 1 January 2021. At the same meeting, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the Fifth Committee (A/75/581, para. 4 (c)), confirmed the reappointment by the Secretary-General of Macky Tall as an ad hoc member of the Investments Committee for a one-year term of office, beginning on 1 January 2021. As a result, as of 1 January 2021, the Investments Committee is composed as follows: Michael KLEIN (United States of America, regular member and Chair),** Yasir O. AL-RUMAYYAN (Saudi Arabia, regular member),*** Sarah Omotunde ALADE (Nigeria, regular member),*** HONDA Keiko (Japan, regular member),* Simon JIANG (China, regular member),** Achim KASSOW (Germany, regular member),** Natalia KHANJENKOVA (Russian Federation, regular member),*** Patricia PARISE (Argentina, regular member),*** Luciane RIBEIRO (Brazil, regular member)** and Macky TALL (Mali, ad hoc member).* ___________________ * Term of office expires on 31 December 2021. ** Term of office expires on 31 December 2022. *** Term of office expires on 31 December 2023.